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Messer

in Ohio

There are 1,208 people with the last name "Messer" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

NameRank
Messer 885
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  1. is 881st most common Elkins
  2. is 882nd most common Schmitt
  3. is 883rd most common Renner
  4. is 884th most common Buckley
  5. is 885th most common Messer
  6. is 886th most common Corbin
  7. is 887th most common Downs
  8. is 888th most common Haley
  9. is 889th most common Mcfadden

Most Common First Names for Messer

Charles, Michael, William, James, John, Joseph, Mary, Walter, Robert, Deborah

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 Ohio

Since June 2009
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Charles Messer, OH (9 searches)
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