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Messer

in Pennsylvania

There are 264 people with the last name "Messer" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Messer 4,776
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  1. is 4,772nd most common Deitrich
  2. is 4,773rd most common Hopson
  3. is 4,774th most common Kroh
  4. is 4,775th most common Krum
  5. is 4,776th most common Messer
  6. is 4,777th most common Neuman
  7. is 4,778th most common New
  8. is 4,779th most common Pattison
  9. is 4,780th most common Pence

Most Common First Names for Messer

John, Linda, Robert, Michael, Elizabeth, Don, Donald, Gt, Jeffrey

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 Pennsylvania

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John Messer, PA (8 searches)
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