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Messer

in the US

There are 16,751 people with the last name "Messer" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Messer 1,634
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  1. is 1,630th most common Milton
  2. is 1,631st most common Westbrook
  3. is 1,632nd most common Carmichael
  4. is 1,633rd most common Gifford
  5. is 1,634th most common Messer
  6. is 1,635th most common Murdock
  7. is 1,636th most common Rodrigues
  8. is 1,637th most common Herndon
  9. is 1,638th most common Holliday

Most Common First Names for Messer

James, Michael, Robert, William, David, John, Mary, Charles, Richard, Linda

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 the US

Since June 2009
5,513

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James Messer (99 searches)
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