Newsholme Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Newsholme Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Newsome' a village near Huddersfield; (a) 'of Newsholm,' a township in the parish of Gisburne, near Clitheroe, West Riding of Yorkshire Newsman is a curious modern corruption. It occurs in the Sheffield Directory.

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Newsholme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1811:307,83523,246
United States761:4,769,196247,034
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Wales41:773,63329,106
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1551:157,26013,677
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Newsholme Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Newsome' a village near Huddersfield; (a) 'of Newsholm,' a township in the parish of Gisburne, near Clitheroe, West Riding of Yorkshire Newsman is a curious modern corruption. It occurs in the Sheffield Directory. Alongside it is found the more correct Newsome. It is needless to say that Newsham, which see, is inextricably mixed up with the above.

Willelmus de Newsom (dwelling at Newsholm), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Alicia de Neusom, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus de Newsome, 1379: ibid.

Walter de Newsom, 4 Edward III; Freemen of York.

1618. Thomas Newsam, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1694-5. John Newsum and Dorothy Summers: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

1744. Married — Richard Sare Newsome and Elizabeth Greame: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller At the New Houses [Old English níwe, new + húsum, dat. pl. of hús, a house] Newsholme, English Yorks, is also known as Newsham; Newsholme, near Gisburn, is also called Newsome; Newsom (Boldon Book, Newsom), Durham, is alternatively Newsham; Newsham, Gilling Wapentake, is Newhuson in Domesday Book, in which the Yorkshire Newsholmes occur as Newhuse; Newsham, N. Lancs, was Neusum A.D. 1252.

Adam de Neusum.—Cal. Inq. P.M., A.D. 1254.

John de Neusum.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1370.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The Newsholmes or Newsomes take their name from an East Riding hamlet.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Newsholme Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Newsholme Come From? nationality or country of origin

Newsholme is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Newsholme.

How Common Is The Last Name Newsholme? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 937,786th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Newsholme reside; 66 percent reside in Northern Europe and 66 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 307,835. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 54 percent are found, Worcestershire, where 6 percent are found and North Yorkshire, where 5 percent are found. Apart from England Newsholme is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Newsholme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Newsholme has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Newsholme last name grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Newsholme Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Newsholme last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.

The amount Newsholme earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.72% more than the national average, earning $51,227 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.41% more than the national average, earning $51,872 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newsholme E901/
Nesholm889/
Newslome821/
Naesholm821/
Nsholm805/
Näsholm75417/
Nasholm7565/
Nisholm753/
Nwasolum714/
Nwslm711/
Nselme6751/
Næss Holm6718/
Neslem672/
Nsolum671/

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