Powell
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Powel
Etymology edit
The anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel (“son of Hywel”). Related to Howell and Huell. Sometimes also associated with Paul by folk etymology.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /paʊl/, /pəʊl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ.(w)əl/
- Rhymes: -aʊl, -əʊl, -aʊəl, -aʊwəl
Proper noun edit
Powell (countable and uncountable, plural Powells)
- (countable) An English and Welsh surname from Welsh.
- (countable) A male given name
- A placename
- A small town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
- An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.
- A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States.
- A city in Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota, United States.
- A ghost town in Haakon County, South Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States.
- A small town in Navarro County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Sherman, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A city in Park County, Wyoming, United States.
- Ellipsis of Powell County.
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Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Powell is the 101st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 224,874 individuals. Powell is most common among White (67.2%) and Black/African American (27.1%) individuals.