Needham Name Meaning: Habitational for any one of a number of places with this name i.e Suffolk. Old English ned 'hardship' + ham 'homestead'.
Usually implied a place of 'hardship' & 'poor living'.
Discover how your Needham ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 11 |
Berkshire | 6 |
Cambridgeshire | 25 |
Channel Islands | 9 |
Cheshire | 172 |
Cornwall | 7 |
Cumberland | 4 |
Derbyshire | 480 |
Devon | 5 |
Dorset | 0 |
Durham | 23 |
Essex | 4 |
Gloucestershire | 12 |
Hampshire | 5 |
Herefordshire | 9 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 81 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 43 |
Lancashire | 661 |
Leicestershire | 272 |
Lincolnshire | 360 |
London | 236 |
Middlesex | 3 |
Northumberland | 0 |
Norfolk | 17 |
Northamptonshire | 44 |
Nottinghamshire | 312 |
Oxfordshire | 5 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 81 |
Shropshire | 27 |
Suffolk | 2 |
Somerset | 0 |
Surrey | 2 |
Sussex | 8 |
Staffordshire | 119 |
Warwickshire | 49 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Worcestershire | 18 |
Yorkshire | 605 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 3 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 1 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 4 |
Flintshire | 44 |
Glamorgan | 1 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 5 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 452 |
Agricultural Labourer | 105 |
House Servant | 77 |
At Home | 54 |
Labourer | 46 |
Frame Work Knitter | 42 |
Farm Labourer | 34 |
Dress Maker | 34 |
House Keeper | 29 |
Coal Miner | 27 |
Servant | 27 |
Annuitant | 24 |
Power Loom Weaver | 24 |
Cotton Piecer | 23 |
Cotton Spinner | 19 |
Hand Loom Weaver | 18 |
General Servant | 17 |
Lace Maker | 17 |
Farmer's Son | 16 |
Weaver | 16 |
Scholar At Home | 16 |
Shoe Maker | 15 |
Lead Miner | 15 |
Errand Boy | 13 |
Farm Servant | 13 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Needham | 3,270 |
John Needham | 2,927 |
William Needham | 2,651 |
Elizabeth Needham | 1,796 |
Sarah Needham | 1,785 |
George Needham | 1,731 |
Thomas Needham | 1,645 |
James Needham | 1,414 |
Joseph Needham | 1,253 |
Ann Needham | 1,168 |
Charles Needham | 793 |
Hannah Needham | 707 |
Jane Needham | 676 |
Annie Needham | 638 |
Alice Needham | 610 |
Henry Needham | 543 |
Samuel Needham | 525 |
Ellen Needham | 522 |
Emma Needham | 510 |
Eliza Needham | 496 |
Robert Needham | 479 |
Martha Needham | 472 |
Arthur Needham | 387 |
Edward Needham | 361 |
Margaret Needham | 361 |