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Messer

in Wisconsin

There are 306 people with the last name "Messer" in Wisconsin.

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Ranking in Wisconsin

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Messer 1,890
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  1. is 1,886th most common Henschel
  2. is 1,887th most common Koerner
  3. is 1,888th most common Larkin
  4. is 1,889th most common Magee
  5. is 1,890th most common Messer
  6. is 1,891st most common Niesen
  7. is 1,892nd most common Noonan
  8. is 1,893rd most common Pfister
  9. is 1,894th most common Russ

Most Common First Names for Messer

Robert, David, Michael, Amy, Brian, Curtis, Larry, Mark, Melissa, Patrick

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 Wisconsin

Since May 2009
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Robert Messer, WI (8 searches)
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