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Messer

in Alabama

There are 594 people with the last name "Messer" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

NameRank
Messer 1,042
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  1. is 1,038th most common Askew
  2. is 1,039th most common Mclean
  3. is 1,040th most common Whisenant
  4. is 1,041st most common Frye
  5. is 1,042nd most common Messer
  6. is 1,043rd most common Ricks
  7. is 1,044th most common Waddell
  8. is 1,045th most common Dawkins
  9. is 1,046th most common Pickens

Most Common First Names for Messer

James, Mary, David, Robert, Thomas, William, Betty, Charles, Linda, Bobby

Meaning & History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle High German mezzer ‘knife’, from Old High German mezzirahs, mezzisahs, a compound of maz ‘food’, ‘meat’ + sahs ‘knife’, ‘sword’. The Jewish name is from German Messer ‘knife’ or Yiddish meser.

German: occupational name for an official in charge of measuring the dues paid in kind by tenants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mezzen ‘to measure’.

English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, Middle English, Older Scots mess(i)er, from Old French messier (see Messier).

Recent Searches for "Messer" in Alabama

Since June 2009
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James Messer, AL (9 searches)
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