# Meissner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meissner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,097 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,093 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 75,359 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.5% (4,116 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meissner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meissner in the United States, Austria and the Russian Empire.

## People named Meissner

- Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater, born 1989
- Alexander Meissner, Austrian engineer and physicist (1883–1958)
- Boris Meissner, Baltic German lawyer and social scientist (1915–2003)

## Similar surnames

Messner, Meisner, Misner, Messmer, Meixner, McNair, McHenry, McMurray, McInerney, McMurry, McMorris, Magner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.