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Messer

in North Carolina

There are 1,589 people with the last name "Messer" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Messer 671
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  1. is 667th most common Crews
  2. is 668th most common Chappell
  3. is 669th most common Winstead
  4. is 670th most common Bright
  5. is 671st most common Messer
  6. is 672nd most common Spruill
  7. is 673rd most common Beam
  8. is 674th most common Paul
  9. is 675th most common Casey

Most Common First Names for Messer

James, David, Michael, William, Robert, Charles, Mary, Linda, Brenda, Joe

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 North Carolina

Since June 2009
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James Messer, NC (9 searches)
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