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Messer

in New York

There are 280 people with the last name "Messer" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Messer 5,926
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  1. is 5,922nd most common Galgano
  2. is 5,923rd most common Infantino
  3. is 5,924th most common Jayne
  4. is 5,925th most common Leroux
  5. is 5,926th most common Messer
  6. is 5,927th most common Palmisano
  7. is 5,928th most common Saad
  8. is 5,929th most common Saeed
  9. is 5,930th most common Sargeant

Most Common First Names for Messer

John, Joseph, Mary, Michael, Peter, Robert, David, Margaret, Michelle, Paul

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 York

Since May 2009
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John Messer, NY (6 searches)
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