Powers
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Different form of Power
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/paʊəz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Powers is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 3.6K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 520 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈300,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Iceland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Different form of Power.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Powers, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Powers counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈300,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Powers | 20 |
| US United States | #296 | 91,970 | 1 in 3.6K | 92K | Powers | 520 |
| GB United Kingdom | #467 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | 2.4K | Powers | 167 |
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #928 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | — | Powers | 3 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Powers | 11 |
| IE Ireland | #359 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Powers | 25 |
| NZ New Zealand | #381 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Powers | 39 |
| IS Iceland | #398 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Powers | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Abigail Fillmoreb. 1798USnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853
- Tom Powersb. 1890USAmerican actor (1890–1955)
- Gary Powersb. 1929USAmerican pilot shot down flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union (1929-1977)
- Stefanie Powersb. 1942USAmerican actress
- Tim Powersb. 1952USAmerican science fiction writer and actor (born 1952)
- Ed Powersb. 1954USAmerican pornographic director, producer and actor
- Richard Powersb. 1957USAmerican novelist (born 1957)
- Alexandra Powersb. 1967USactress
- Keith Powersb. 1992USAmerican actor
- Chuck PowersAmerican actor and film director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 92K | #336 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 90K | #304 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 88K | #347 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 2.4K | #3,143 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Powers have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 305 thousand people named Powers in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled powers.
- What does the name Powers mean, and where does it come from?
- Different form of Power. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Powers?
- A machine transcription gives /paʊəz/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Powers?
- In the United States, the national register counted 91,970 people named Powers in 2010, about 1 in 3.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Powers compared with other names?
- In the United States, Powers is the 296th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Powers” — the 296th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.