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Messer

in South Carolina

There are 394 people with the last name "Messer" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Messer 1,401
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  1. is 1,397th most common Mccauley
  2. is 1,398th most common Starks
  3. is 1,399th most common Stuart
  4. is 1,400th most common Jeffords
  5. is 1,401st most common Messer
  6. is 1,402nd most common Muller
  7. is 1,403rd most common Puckett
  8. is 1,404th most common Sapp
  9. is 1,405th most common Trapp

Most Common First Names for Messer

James, William, David, Janet, John, Linda, Michael, Elizabeth, Barbara, Bruce

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 South Carolina

Since May 2009
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James Messer, SC (9 searches)
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