as a Last Name
- 10,616
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Needham
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from places in Derbyshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, so named from Old English nēd ‘need’, ‘hardship’ + hām ‘homestead’, i.e. a place that provided a poor living.
| 2,929th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,616
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Needham per capita
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