# Messmer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/messmer/  
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) | 2,933 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,860 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,266 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (2,970 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Messmore |

## Etymology

German, Swiss/Alemannic German, and Swabian surname, a variant of Messner.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Messmer 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Messmer in the United States and France.

## People named Messmer

- Pierre Messmer, 83rd Prime Minister of France (1916-2007)
- Otto Messmer, American animator (1892-1983)
- Mark Messmer, American politician

## Similar surnames

Messner, Meissner, Meisner, McNair, McHenry, McMurray, McInerney, McMurry, Misner, McMorris, Magner, McMurtry.

## 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.