# Power (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/power/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,890 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,435 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,735 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (14,846 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Habitational, from Old French Poer, Pohier, Middle English Poer, Pouer, Power, after the Pays de Poix (Picardy). * From Middle English povre (“poor”) as a nickname for a poor man or ironically a miser. Compare Poor.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Power in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Power in the United States, Australia, the Kingdom of England and the United Kingdom.

## People named Power

- Tyrone Power, American actor (1914-1958)
- Romina Power, American singer and actress (1951-)
- Will Power, Australian racecar driver
- Paul Scully-Power, American astronaut
- Dave Power, Australian long-distance runner
- Taryn Power, American actress (1953–2020)
- Leonel Power, British composer and music theoretician
- Robert Power, Australian cyclist
- E. Power Biggs, British-born American concert organist and recording artist (1906-1977)
- Tyrone Power Jr., American actor (1959)
- Thomas C. Power, American politician (1839–1923)
- Hartley Power, British actor (1894–1966)

## Similar surnames

Poore, Poor, Poer, Perry, Parra, Pierre, Parr, Perea, Parry, Peery, Perri, Pray.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.