How common is the surname Messinger?

4,436 people in the United States had the surname Messinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,600 Americans. It ranked 7,505th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Messinger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Messinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Messinger?

Gertrude Messinger, American actress (1911-1995), followed by Buddy Messinger.

Where is the surname Messinger most common?

Wikidata records people named Messinger in the United States.

Is the surname Messinger getting more or less common?

More common. 4,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,436 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Messinger

A surname, carried by 4,436 people in the United States.

3 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). Messinger is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,436 people named Messinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,600 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,118.

#7,505

rank among US surnames

4,436

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,500	Jiles	4,441	69,522
#7,502	Espiritu	4,438	69,569
#7,504	Cureton	4,437	69,584
#7,505	Korte	4,436	69,600
#7,508	Cullum	4,435	69,616

Who is named Messinger

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

95% of people named Messinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Messingers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gertrude Messinger
American actress (1911-1995)
Buddy Messinger
American actor and assistant director (1907–1965)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Messinger

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

Questions

How common is the surname Messinger?: 4,436 people in the United States had the surname Messinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,600 Americans. It ranked 7,505th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Messinger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Messinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Messinger?: Gertrude Messinger, American actress (1911-1995), followed by Buddy Messinger.
Where is the surname Messinger most common?: Wikidata records people named Messinger in the United States.
Is the surname Messinger getting more or less common?: More common. 4,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,436 in 2010, up 7.7%.