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 | 13 |
Buckinghamshire | 8 |
Berkshire | 12 |
Cambridgeshire | 29 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 378 |
Cornwall | 6 |
Cumberland | 20 |
Derbyshire | 917 |
Devon | 23 |
Dorset | 4 |
Durham | 110 |
Essex | 87 |
Gloucestershire | 26 |
Hampshire | 49 |
Herefordshire | 3 |
Hertfordshire | 15 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 34 |
Isle of Man | 6 |
Kent | 56 |
Lancashire | 1,358 |
Leicestershire | 529 |
Lincolnshire | 617 |
London | 471 |
Middlesex | 104 |
Northumberland | 17 |
Norfolk | 23 |
Northamptonshire | 52 |
Nottinghamshire | 566 |
Oxfordshire | 4 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 34 |
Shropshire | 38 |
Suffolk | 5 |
Somerset | 27 |
Surrey | 56 |
Sussex | 16 |
Staffordshire | 188 |
Warwickshire | 120 |
Westmorland | 2 |
Wiltshire | 1 |
Worcestershire | 82 |
Yorkshire | 1,797 |
Anglesey | 1 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 5 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 17 |
Flintshire | 13 |
Glamorgan | 25 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 1 |
Monmouthshire | 29 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 741 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 80 |
Farmer | 78 |
Farm Labourer | 45 |
Labourer | 42 |
Dressmaker | 39 |
Private Means | 38 |
General Servant (domestic) | 38 |
General Labourer | 34 |
Housekeeper | 32 |
At Home | 29 |
Clerk | 28 |
Domestic Servant | 25 |
None | 25 |
At School | 22 |
Cotton Weaver | 22 |
General Servant Domestic | 19 |
House Keeper | 16 |
Butcher | 16 |
Charwoman | 15 |
Coal Miner (hewer) | 15 |
Shop Assistant | 14 |
Warehouseman | 14 |
Errand Boy | 14 |
Scholar | 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 |