Power

14,550 people in the United States were counted with the surname Power in the 2020 census, making it the 2,430th most common in the country. That is about one person in 20,500.

By the numbers

People: 14,550
Rank: 2,430th
How common: 1 in 20,500
Per 100,000: 4.9

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Power described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 87.1%
Hispanic or Latino 4.3%
Black, not Hispanic 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Power

Tyrone Power (1914–1958)American actor
Samantha Power (born 1970)Irish-American academic, author and diplomat
Romina Power (born 1951)American singer and actress
Cat Power (born 1972)American singer-songwriter
Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794–1871)French biologist
Will Power (born 1981)Australian racecar driver
Paul Scully-Power (born 1944)American astronaut
Owen Power (born 2002)Canadian ice hockey player

People named Power with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Power

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.