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Messer

in Missouri

There are 305 people with the last name "Messer" in Missouri.

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Ranking in Missouri

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Messer 2,232
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  1. is 2,228th most common Beebe
  2. is 2,229th most common Boren
  3. is 2,230th most common Coons
  4. is 2,231st most common Kohl
  5. is 2,232nd most common Messer
  6. is 2,233rd most common Neeley
  7. is 2,234th most common Parris
  8. is 2,235th most common Ledford
  9. is 2,236th most common Majors

Most Common First Names for Messer

David, Elizabeth, Mark, Michelle, John, Ken, Kerry, Lisa, Michael, Richard

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 Missouri

Since May 2009
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David Messer, MO (8 searches)
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