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Messer

in New Hampshire

There are 123 people with the last name "Messer" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

NameRank
Messer 1,427
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  1. is 1,423rd most common Curtin
  2. is 1,424th most common Downey
  3. is 1,425th most common Ingram
  4. is 1,426th most common Matson
  5. is 1,427th most common Messer
  6. is 1,428th most common Belliveau
  7. is 1,429th most common Bragg
  8. is 1,430th most common Crowe
  9. is 1,431st most common Curley

Most Common First Names for Messer

Paul, Richard, Margaret, Kendra, Mark, Mary, Robert, Roy, Ruth, Albert

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 New Hampshire

Since February 2009
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Paul Messer, NH (5 searches)
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