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Messer

in Minnesota

There are 295 people with the last name "Messer" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Messer 1,677
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  1. is 1,673rd most common Heinrich
  2. is 1,674th most common Hummel
  3. is 1,675th most common Lawler
  4. is 1,676th most common Leaf
  5. is 1,677th most common Messer
  6. is 1,678th most common Bond
  7. is 1,679th most common Coulter
  8. is 1,680th most common Dahle
  9. is 1,681st most common Downing

Most Common First Names for Messer

John, Patricia, Michael, Mary, Nathan, Robert, David, Paula, Richard, Donald

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 Minnesota

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John Messer, MN (9 searches)
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