Needham
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.
Proper noun
[edit]Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)
- A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281). [1]
- A town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, United States, derived from the surname.
- A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Needham Market.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Needham is the 3289th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10983 individuals. Needham is most common among White (90.39%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Needham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 655.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Norfolk, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Alabama, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Alabama, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English