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Powell
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English
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Alternative forms
surname en Powel
Etymology
The anglicized form of en cy ap Hywel son of Hywel. Related to 1 en Howell Huell. Sometimes also associated with en Paul by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
en /paʊl/ /pəʊl/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Powell.wav Southern England
en /ˈpaʊ.(w)əl/ US
en aʊl əʊl aʊəl aʊwəl 1 1 2 2
Proper noun
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en countable en English and Welsh Welsh.
en Elisabeth Buchwald Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/business/scott-bessent-fed-chair 2025-08-05 President Donald Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered as a replacement for Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair. https://web.archive.org/web/20250825164923/https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/business/scott-bessent-fed-chair
en countable en male.
en number of places c/USA:
en small town co/DeKalb County s/Alabama.
en ucomm co/McDonald County s/Missouri.
en ghost town co/Cass County s/Missouri.
en ucomm co/Jefferson County s/Nebraska.
en city co/Delaware County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Edmunds County s/South Dakota.
en ghost town co/Haakon County s/South Dakota.
en ucomm co/Knox County s/Tennessee.
en small town co/Navarro County s/Texas.
en ucomm in the town of town/Sherman co/Iron County s/Wisconsin.
en city co/Park County s/Wyoming.
en Powell County.
Derived terms
en Lake Powell Powellism Powellist Powellite powellize Powell County Powellian powellite Powells Point Powelltown
Translations
surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 鮑威爾
Russian: ru Па́уэлл m f
Statistics
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.
See also
en Howell
Anagrams
en ellopw Pellow