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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

'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.

Meaning of MESSNER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MESSNER.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MESSNER

The following words are slight variants of MESSNER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.