Powers is the 314th most common surname name of the 88,799 most common surnames listed in the United States 1990 census.
Power(s) is the most common surname in County Waterford, Ireland according to the Irish History Foundation.
In Ireland and England Powers originally meant someone who was poor or who had taken a vow of poverty.
The surname Powers came to the British Isles from Normandy during the Norman Invasion in 1066 AD.
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Of County Waterford, Ireland to Montreal, Canada; New York; Towanda, Pennsylvania; Pottsville, Pennsylvania; and finally to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
