How common is the surname Messner?

5,039 people in the United States had the surname Messner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. It ranked 6,701st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Messner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Messner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Messner?

Johnny Messner, American actor, followed by Tammy Faye Messner.

Where is the surname Messner most common?

Wikidata records people named Messner in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Messner getting more or less common?

More common. 4,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,039 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Messner

A German occupational surname, carried by 5,039 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). Messner is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Jewish and south German occupational surname for a churchwarden, from Middle High German mesnære, from Old High German mesināri, from Late Latin mansionarius, a derivative of mansio (“abode, dwelling”). Compare Mesner. This is also Slavicized as Slovene Mežnar (see Meznarich).

Messner 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 5,039 people named Messner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,793.

#6,701

rank among US surnames

5,039

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,528)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,697	Pagel	5,043	61,223
#6,699	Bodine	5,042	61,235
#6,700	Hickerson	5,041	61,247
#6,701	Messner	5,039	61,271
#6,704	Dyke	5,037	61,296

Who is named Messner

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

96% of people named Messner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Messners

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Messner
American actor, born 1970
Tammy Faye Messner
American evangelist (1942–2007)
Heinrich Messner
Austrian alpine skier (1939–2023)
Mirko Messner
Austrian politician and writer, born 1948

Notable Messners come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Messner

Messner 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 Messner come from?: Jewish and south German occupational surname for a churchwarden, from Middle High German mesnære, from Old High German mesināri, from Late Latin mansionarius, a derivative of mansio (“abode, dwelling”). Compare Mesner. This is also Slavicized as Slovene Mežnar (see Meznarich).
How common is the surname Messner?: 5,039 people in the United States had the surname Messner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. It ranked 6,701st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Messner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Messner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Messner?: Johnny Messner, American actor, followed by Tammy Faye Messner.
Where is the surname Messner most common?: Wikidata records people named Messner in the United States and Austria.
What type of surname is Messner?: Messner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Messner getting more or less common?: More common. 4,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,039 in 2010, up 5.1%.