Last Name NEWSHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Newsham. Townships in the parishes of Wressel, East Riding Yorks; Kirby Wisk, North Riding Yorks; Kirby Ravensworth, North Riding Yorks; Kirkham, county Lancashire; and Eaglescliffe, county Durham. Many of the surnames which owe parentage to these places are mixed with Newsam.
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 33,169 (2000 US census) 39,740 (1990 US census)
Count 650 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.08%, or 605 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.92%, or 6 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.23%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.23%, or 21 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.54%, or 10 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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