How common is the surname Messmer?

2,933 people in the United States had the surname Messmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Messmer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Messmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Messmer?

Pierre Messmer, 83rd Prime Minister of France (1916-2007), followed by Otto Messmer.

Where is the surname Messmer most common?

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

Is the surname Messmer getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Messmer

A German surname, carried by 2,933 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Messmer is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 2,933 people named Messmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,970.

#10,860

rank among US surnames

2,933

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,010)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302

Who is named Messmer

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

96% of people named Messmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Messmers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pierre Messmer
83rd Prime Minister of France (1916-2007)
Otto Messmer
American animator (1892-1983)
Mark Messmer
American politician, born 1967

Notable Messmers come mostly from the United States (2) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Messmore

Surnames that sound like Messmer

Messmer has the Soundex code M256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M256.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Messmer come from?: German, Swiss/Alemannic German, and Swabian surname, a variant of Messner.
How common is the surname Messmer?: 2,933 people in the United States had the surname Messmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Messmer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Messmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Messmer?: Pierre Messmer, 83rd Prime Minister of France (1916-2007), followed by Otto Messmer.
Where is the surname Messmer most common?: Wikidata records people named Messmer in the United States and France.
Is the surname Messmer getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, down 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Messmer?: Messmore.