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 |
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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 |
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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 |