what is the origin of the name powers
This interesting surname has two distinct possible origins, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, the name may be locational from the Old French Pohier, indicating a native of Pois, a town in Picardy, North France, so called from the Old French pois, fish, because of its well-stocked rivers.n the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex, dated 1296 to 1332, the name appears as le Poer, le Power, and Power, and Richard le Poor, Poore or Poure (deceased 1237), was successively bishop of Chichester, Salisbury, and Durham.