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 | 8 |
Buckinghamshire | 10 |
Berkshire | 12 |
Cambridgeshire | 27 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 331 |
Cornwall | 3 |
Cumberland | 18 |
Derbyshire | 827 |
Devon | 16 |
Dorset | 0 |
Durham | 97 |
Essex | 87 |
Gloucestershire | 26 |
Hampshire | 36 |
Herefordshire | 5 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 53 |
Isle of Man | 4 |
Kent | 42 |
Lancashire | 1,263 |
Leicestershire | 517 |
Lincolnshire | 547 |
London | 444 |
Middlesex | 67 |
Northumberland | 22 |
Norfolk | 26 |
Northamptonshire | 38 |
Nottinghamshire | 503 |
Oxfordshire | 0 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 53 |
Shropshire | 34 |
Suffolk | 13 |
Somerset | 21 |
Surrey | 33 |
Sussex | 26 |
Staffordshire | 124 |
Warwickshire | 73 |
Westmorland | 3 |
Wiltshire | 7 |
Worcestershire | 48 |
Yorkshire | 1,489 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 5 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 16 |
Flintshire | 13 |
Glamorgan | 12 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 1 |
Monmouthshire | 32 |
Pembrokeshire | 2 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Farmer | 74 |
General Labourer | 70 |
Living On Own Means | 68 |
Cotton Weaver | 50 |
General Servant Domestic | 48 |
Dress Maker | 42 |
Scholar | 36 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 35 |
Cotton Spinner | 32 |
Domestic Servant | 25 |
Agricultural Labourer | 22 |
Coal Miner C Hewer | 20 |
Cook Domestic | 18 |
Cotton Card Room Hand | 18 |
Housemaid Domestic | 18 |
Bricklayer | 16 |
Dock Labourer | 16 |
Coal Miner | 16 |
Charwoman | 15 |
Carpenter | 14 |
Railway Engine Driver | 13 |
Coal Hewer | 13 |
Police Constable | 13 |
Laundress Wash | 12 |
House Keeper Domestic | 12 |
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 |