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POLZIN : Occupational name designating a merchant who engaged in transactions for profit in Russia.

POND : Referred to one who dwelt near a pond.

PONTECORVO : From the name of a village near Rome, where an Jewish community settled centuries ago.

POOLE : From Old English pol meaning "pool". It referred to a person who lived by a small body of water.

POPE : From a nickname which originally designated a person who played the part of the pope in a play or pageant. Otherwise the name could be used as a nickn...

POPESCU : Means "son of the priest" from the Slavic word pop.

POPLAWSKI : Means "from the water meadow" from Polish poplaw.

POPOV : Means "son of the priest" from the Slavic word pop.

PORCHER : Means "swineherd" from the Old French and Middle English word porchier.

PORRA : Variant of PORRAS.

PORRAS : From a nickname meaning "club".

PORSCHE : Derived from the given name BORIS.

PORTELLI : Diminutive form of PORTO.

PORTER : Occupational surname meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.

PORTNER : Derived from German pfoertner, which means "gatekeeper".

PORTO : Designated a person who lived near a harbour, from Italian porto, Latin portus.

PORTOGHESE : Nickname for a person coming from Portugal.

POSPÍŠIL : Means "a person in a hurry", from the Czech pospíšit "to be in a hurry".

POTENZA : From the name of the city of Potenza, the main town of the Basilicata region in Southern Italy.

POTTER : Occupational name for a potter, one who makes earthen vessels.

POTTINGER : Occupational name for an apothecary.

POULIN : Derived from old French poule "chicken". The name was most likely used to denote a person who raised or sold poultry.

POULSEN : Means "son of POUL".

POUND : Occupational name for a person who kept animals, from Old English pund "animal enclosure".

POWELL : Derived from Welsh Ap Howell meaning "son of HOWELL".

POWER (1) : Indicated a person who came from Pois (Picardy), France.

POWER (2) : Means "poor" from the Middle English and Old French word povre, poure. Could be used as a nickname for a miser as well.

POWERS : Variant of POWER (1).

POZZI : Locative surname meaning "a well" from Latin puteus. Pozzo as a regional word also means a pond or stagnant water.

PRATT : Means "cunning, trick" from Old English prætt. This was a nickname for a trickster.