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Etymology of Newhouse

What does the name Newhouse mean?

The name Newhouse reached England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Newhouse family lived in Yorkshire. The name Newhouse is topographical in nature and is of obvious derivation, indicating that its original bearer lived in a such a house as is described. Some cases of the name are taken from any of several small localities which are so named because they held a new house.

Early Origins of the Newhouse family

The surname Newhouse was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from early times as Lords of the manor of Neuhuse. This small collection of houses near Gisburn was held by William Percy at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book survey in the year 1086 A.D.

Early History of the Newhouse family

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Newhouse Spelling Variations

Before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Sound was what guided spelling in the Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Newhouse family name include Neuhouse, Newhouse, Neuhuse and others.

Early Notables of the Newhouse family

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Newhouse Ranking

In the United States, the name Newhouse is the 5,812nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Newhouse migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the Second Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Second Fleet
  • Mr. Michael Newhouse, (1762 - 1840), aged 28, British settler convicted in Norfolk, England in 1788, sentenced to 7 years for felony, transported aboard the ship "Atlantic" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 2
Following the Second Fleet, other convicts and early settlers arriving in Australia include:

Newhouse Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Morris Newhouse, British Convict who was convicted in Maidstone, Kent, England for 8 years, transported aboard the "Corona" on 13th October 1866, arriving in Western Australia, Australia 3

Newhouse migration to the United States +



Newhouse Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • John Newhouse who settled in Virginia in 1640
Newhouse Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • John Newhouse, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1748
  • Johannes Newhouse, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1748 4
  • Hannah Newhouse, who settled in New Jersey in 1773
Newhouse Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Newhouse, aged 22, who arrived in New York in 1812 4
  • Anthony Newhouse, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1838 4
  • Elizabeth Newhouse, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 4
  • J Newhouse, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 4
  • H Newhouse, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 4
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Newhouse (post 1700) +

  • Aidan Robert Newhouse (b. 1972), English former footballer
  • Ven. Robert John Darrell Newhouse, English prelate, Archdeacon of Totnes and Canon Residentiary of Exeter Cathedral
  • Fred Newhouse (1948-2025), American gold and silver medalist Olympic runner
  • Samuel Irving "S.I." Newhouse Jr. (1927-2017), American publisher, his brother Donald, he co-owned Advance Publications, founded by their late father in 1922
  • Marshall Edward Newhouse (b. 1988), American NFL football offensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals
  • Robert Fulton Newhouse (1950-2014), American NFL football player for the Dallas Cowboys (1972-1983)
  • Donald Newhouse (b. 1930), American business magnate, one of the owners of Condé Nast Publications, ranked by Forbes as the 76-richest person in America
  • Samuel Newhouse (1853-1930), Utah entrepreneur and mining magnate
  • Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. (b. 1927), American chairman and CEO of Advance Publications
  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
  3. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/corona
  4. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)

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