Needham is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Needham
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Needham

How popular is Needham?

Needham is common in United States.

Needham is ranked 17339 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Needham bearers increased by 1.60977 per cent in 2010 US census to 10983 since 2000, the surname slipped by 215 spots and ranked at 3289. The last name was found in around 37 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.39 92.3
Black 3.48 2.94
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.55
Others 1.53 1.06
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4 1.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.97 0.77
Needham is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 30196 people have been found who wears Needham as their family name. Needham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,171 Germany9
567,967 Indonesia6
18,614 Thailand5
8,438 China5
720,003 Russia4
1,014,159 India4
4,554 Guatemala3
108,034 Italy3
19,452 Malaysia3
6,270 Hong Kong3
2,085 Nepal2
139,444 Brazil2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
21,529 Singapore2
993 Guernsey2
53,033 Nigeria1
10,683 Cyprus1
9,498 Iceland1
174,544 Czech Republic1
25,746 Finland1
21,562 Portugal1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
17,575 Kuwait1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
4,435 Togo1
53,505 Turkey1
6,688 Malawi1
91,024 Belgium1
10,190 Bahrain1
25,721 Egypt1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,773 Denmark39
28,564 Switzerland36
813 Jersey22
69,202 Netherlands18
55,829 Zimbabwe16
4,076 Costa Rica14
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,183 Spain97
Countries with hundreds of Needham:
1,151 New Zealand630
973 Wales406
1,559 Ireland338
996 Jamaica321
2,347 Scotland295
4,533 Chile225
61,459 France159
2,133 Northern Ireland107
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Needham:
859 England8,626
2,756 Canada1,755
1,829 Australia1,736
4,263 South Africa1,534
Countries with ten thousands of Needham:
2,959 United States13,633
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Weaver John Needham from Ireland aboard the Mt. Stew Elphinston from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in Boston on April 28, 1849. Immigrant George Needham, Sarah Needham, aged 35, 12 years old Mary-Ann Needham, 11 years old William Needham, Robert Needham, William Needham, aged 30, 24 years old Osten Needham, Thomas Needham, aged 30, and 12 other Needham around 61.54% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Needham Namesakes

  • Mark Needham played vital role of Officer Jarret in 2013 drama, horror flick The Vampire.
  • In 2009 drama, horror movie, The Slasher, April Needham characterized Sophia.

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