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Messer

in Kentucky

There are 1,138 people with the last name "Messer" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Messer 467
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  1. is 463rd most common Baldwin
  2. is 464th most common Calhoun
  3. is 465th most common Hernandez
  4. is 466th most common Lanham
  5. is 467th most common Messer
  6. is 468th most common Wilder
  7. is 469th most common Miracle
  8. is 470th most common Noe
  9. is 471st most common Rhodes

Most Common First Names for Messer

James, Larry, William, David, Mary, John, Judy, Brenda, Wanda, Barbara

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 Kentucky

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James Messer, KY (9 searches)
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