The MESSNER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	4,793	6528	0.002	18
United States (1880 census)	942	5733	0.002	19
Change since 1880	+3851	-795	0	-1
Other Countries
Australia	169	8785	0.001	10
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for MESSNER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Pennsylvania	893	1591	0.007	73
Ohio	356	3808	0.003	31
Michigan	346	3327	0.003	35
California	313	8343	0.001	9
Minnesota	258	2319	0.005	52
Top States for MESSNER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Dakota	80	1024	0.012	125
Pennsylvania	893	1591	0.007	73
Minnesota	258	2319	0.005	52
Missouri	226	3220	0.004	40
Michigan	346	3327	0.003	35

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MESSNER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MESSNER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MESSNER in Pennsylvania than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MESSNER by picking someone at random in North Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MESSNER

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MESSNER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MESSNER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	53	1.11
Mixed Race	41	0.86
Asian/Pacific	26	0.54
Native American/Alaskan	15	0.31
Black/African American	13	0.27
White (Caucasian)	4,645	96.91

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MESSNER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MESSNER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MESSNER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.