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 | 4 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 13 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 179 |
Cornwall | 1 |
Cumberland | 5 |
Derbyshire | 589 |
Devon | 14 |
Dorset | 3 |
Durham | 27 |
Essex | 2 |
Gloucestershire | 13 |
Hampshire | 12 |
Herefordshire | 3 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 60 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 26 |
Lancashire | 711 |
Leicestershire | 297 |
Lincolnshire | 322 |
London | 212 |
Middlesex | 2 |
Northumberland | 0 |
Norfolk | 24 |
Northamptonshire | 18 |
Nottinghamshire | 283 |
Oxfordshire | 1 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 60 |
Shropshire | 26 |
Suffolk | 1 |
Somerset | 0 |
Surrey | 0 |
Sussex | 3 |
Staffordshire | 88 |
Warwickshire | 34 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Worcestershire | 24 |
Yorkshire | 486 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 4 |
Cardiganshire | 1 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 28 |
Glamorgan | 3 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 13 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Agricultural Labourer | 126 |
Female Servant | 111 |
Independent | 77 |
Farmer | 70 |
Male Servant | 60 |
Labourer | 53 |
Cotton Weaver | 31 |
Frame Work Knitter | 31 |
Coal Miner | 25 |
Cotton Spinner | 25 |
Cotton Piecer | 23 |
Shoe Maker | 21 |
Silk Weaver | 21 |
Weaver | 19 |
Lead Miner | 15 |
Apprentice | 13 |
Butcher | 13 |
Stocking Maker | 12 |
Lace Maker | 11 |
Joiner | 10 |
Cotton Carder | 9 |
Dress Maker | 9 |
Collier | 8 |
Cutler | 8 |
Baker | 8 |
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 |