Pow
English
editEtymology
editThree possible origins:
- A variant of the English surname Poe.
- Borrowed from Cantonese 包 (baau1) and 鮑 / 鲍 (baau1); compare Bao, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.
- Borrowed from Hokkien 傅 (pò͘); compare Fu, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.
Proper noun
editPow (plural Pows)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pow is the 55741st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 368 individuals. Pow is most common among White (56.25%), Asian/Pacific Islander (21.47%) and Black/African American (13.32%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.