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 | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 11 |
| Berkshire | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 36 |
| Channel Islands | 4 |
| Cheshire | 291 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Cumberland | 6 |
| Derbyshire | 693 |
| Devon | 3 |
| Dorset | 4 |
| Durham | 60 |
| Essex | 24 |
| Gloucestershire | 32 |
| Hampshire | 7 |
| Herefordshire | 6 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 61 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 38 |
| Lancashire | 1,195 |
| Leicestershire | 430 |
| Lincolnshire | 531 |
| London | 452 |
| Middlesex | 32 |
| Northumberland | 25 |
| Norfolk | 20 |
| Northamptonshire | 21 |
| Nottinghamshire | 396 |
| Oxfordshire | 4 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 61 |
| Shropshire | 21 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 11 |
| Surrey | 20 |
| Sussex | 16 |
| Staffordshire | 160 |
| Warwickshire | 71 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 3 |
| Worcestershire | 52 |
| Yorkshire | 1,296 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 2 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 16 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 14 |
| Flintshire | 27 |
| Glamorgan | 7 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 25 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,165 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 92 |
| Coal Miner | 86 |
| Domestic Servant | 61 |
| General Labourer | 60 |
| Labourer | 56 |
| Dress Maker | 53 |
| Cotton Weaver | 51 |
| Annuitant | 39 |
| Cotton Operative | 36 |
| General Servant Domestic | 34 |
| Farm Labourer | 27 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 27 |
| House Keeper | 25 |
| Butcher | 23 |
| General Servant | 22 |
| Farmers Son | 22 |
| Charwoman | 21 |
| Cotton Reeler | 21 |
| Farmers Wife | 20 |
| Carpenter | 17 |
| Bricklayer | 16 |
| Joiner | 16 |
| Silk Weaver | 16 |
| Carter | 15 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| 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 |