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Messer

in Tennessee

There are 757 people with the last name "Messer" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

NameRank
Messer 1,010
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  1. is 1,006th most common Clements
  2. is 1,007th most common Stubblefield
  3. is 1,008th most common Knowles
  4. is 1,009th most common Medley
  5. is 1,010th most common Messer
  6. is 1,011th most common Lovelace
  7. is 1,012th most common Smithson
  8. is 1,013th most common Snider
  9. is 1,014th most common Cate

Most Common First Names for Messer

James, David, John, Michael, William, Robert, Jerry, Douglas, Roy, Susan

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 Tennessee

Since June 2009
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James Messer, TN (9 searches)
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