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Messer

in Iowa

There are 288 people with the last name "Messer" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

NameRank
Messer 1,053
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  1. is 1,049th most common Arthur
  2. is 1,050th most common Bower
  3. is 1,051st most common Flaherty
  4. is 1,052nd most common Jepsen
  5. is 1,053rd most common Messer
  6. is 1,054th most common Vanbeek
  7. is 1,055th most common Clemens
  8. is 1,056th most common Cobb
  9. is 1,057th most common Davies

Most Common First Names for Messer

Brian, Charles, Jennifer, John, Kenneth, Linda, Mark, Mary, Robert, Shirley

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 Iowa

Since May 2009
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Brian Messer, IA (9 searches)
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