# Messier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/messier/  
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 French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,413 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,532 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 69,963 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (4,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Messier 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) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Messier in France.

## People named Messier

- Charles Messier, 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer

## Similar surnames

Messer, Musser, Mosier, Mosser, Meiser, Moshier, McGuire, Moser, McCray, McGraw, Major, McRae.

## 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.