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Messer

in Indiana

There are 674 people with the last name "Messer" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Messer 952
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  1. is 948th most common Beaver
  2. is 949th most common Fugate
  3. is 950th most common Mendez
  4. is 951st most common Lowry
  5. is 952nd most common Messer
  6. is 953rd most common Rader
  7. is 954th most common Phipps
  8. is 955th most common Lacy
  9. is 956th most common Biddle

Most Common First Names for Messer

James, David, Michael, Mary, John, Paul, Jason, Mark, William, Alice

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 Indiana

Since June 2009
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James Messer, IN (9 searches)
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