How common is the surname Messier?

4,413 people in the United States had the surname Messier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,963 Americans. It ranked 7,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Messier?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Messier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Messier?

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

Where is the surname Messier most common?

Wikidata records people named Messier in France.

How do you pronounce Messier?

Messier is /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Messier getting more or less common?

More common. 4,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,413 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Messier

A French occupational surname, carried by 4,413 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/ 3 syllables Soundex M260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Messier is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by

Messier is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,413 people named Messier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,963 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,195.

#7,532

rank among US surnames

4,413

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,317)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,528	Danley	4,420	69,852
#7,530	Caudillo	4,418	69,884
#7,531	Almendarez	4,415	69,931
#7,532	Messier	4,413	69,963
#7,534	Kilby	4,412	69,979

Who is named Messier

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Messier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Messiers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Messier
18th- and 19th-century French astronomer, 1730–1817

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Messier

Messier has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Messier come from?: Messier is French in origin.
How common is the surname Messier?: 4,413 people in the United States had the surname Messier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,963 Americans. It ranked 7,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Messier?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Messier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Messier?: Charles Messier, 18th- and 19th-century French astronomer.
Where is the surname Messier most common?: Wikidata records people named Messier in France.
How do you pronounce Messier?: Messier is /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Messier?: Messier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Messier getting more or less common?: More common. 4,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,413 in 2010, up 5.2%.