How common is the surname Messing?

2,530 people in the United States had the surname Messing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,034 Americans. It ranked 12,289th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Messing?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Messing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Messing?

Debra Messing, American actress (born 1968).

Where is the surname Messing most common?

Wikidata records people named Messing in the United States.

Is the surname Messing getting more or less common?

More common. 2,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,530 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Messing

A German occupational surname, carried by 2,530 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Messing is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,530 people named Messing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,034 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,380.

#12,289

rank among US surnames

2,530

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,037)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,285	Dolezal	2,531	121,986
#12,289	Valiente	2,530	122,034
#12,292	Spillers	2,529	122,082
#12,296	Scheidt	2,528	122,130

Who is named Messing

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

93% of people named Messing identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Messings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Debra Messing
American actress (born 1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Messing

Messing has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Messing come from?: Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.
How common is the surname Messing?: 2,530 people in the United States had the surname Messing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,034 Americans. It ranked 12,289th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Messing?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Messing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Messing?: Debra Messing, American actress (born 1968).
Where is the surname Messing most common?: Wikidata records people named Messing in the United States.
What type of surname is Messing?: Messing is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Messing getting more or less common?: More common. 2,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,530 in 2010, up 6.3%.