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Messer

in California

There are 684 people with the last name "Messer" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Messer 3,904
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  1. is 3,900th most common Boland
  2. is 3,901st most common Brill
  3. is 3,902nd most common Hofmann
  4. is 3,903rd most common Joo
  5. is 3,904th most common Messer
  6. is 3,905th most common Skidmore
  7. is 3,906th most common Abramson
  8. is 3,907th most common Akin
  9. is 3,908th most common Donato

Most Common First Names for Messer

Michael, Robert, Charles, James, Richard, David, Joseph, Barbara, John, Steven

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 California

Since June 2009
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Michael Messer, CA (8 searches)
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