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Messer

in Louisiana

There are 194 people with the last name "Messer" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

NameRank
Messer 2,494
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  1. is 2,490th most common Solar
  2. is 2,491st most common Barousse
  3. is 2,492nd most common Constance
  4. is 2,493rd most common Girard
  5. is 2,494th most common Messer
  6. is 2,495th most common Michelli
  7. is 2,496th most common Queen
  8. is 2,497th most common Stiles
  9. is 2,498th most common Andrew

Most Common First Names for Messer

Luther, James, John, Mary, Michael, Susan, William, Aaron, Bertha, Billie

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 Louisiana

Since April 2009
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Luther Messer, LA (9 searches)
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