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Messer

in Michigan

There are 554 people with the last name "Messer" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Messer 1,694
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  1. is 1,690th most common Muhammad
  2. is 1,691st most common Titus
  3. is 1,692nd most common Ambrose
  4. is 1,693rd most common Hammer
  5. is 1,694th most common Messer
  6. is 1,695th most common Salinas
  7. is 1,696th most common Crowe
  8. is 1,697th most common Mcclendon
  9. is 1,698th most common Ingersoll

Most Common First Names for Messer

Michael, John, Charles, Amy, James, Linda, Margaret, Mark, Patricia, Arthur

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 Michigan

Since June 2009
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Michael Messer, MI (9 searches)
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