Powys (surname)


Powys is a Welsh surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Of the people above, six are descended from the same family that was clearly found in Ludlow, Shropshire in the sixteenth century. There is evidence, but not strong, from the seventeenth century that the Ludlow Powyses came from Cockshutt, also in Shropshire. The Cockshutt Powyses are to be found in public records from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. There are other families of Powis, who also are probably descended from this Cockshutt branch. It is possible that these Powys/Powis/Powes are of Welsh ancestry but there is no clear evidence to support this.