The Messmer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,970 people carried this name — #10,010 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,346 people named Messmer live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 417 people named Messmer.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Messmer.
- Mesquita 827 · U.S. census
- Messana 527 · U.S. census
- Messer 19,819 · U.S. census
- Messerli 390 · U.S. census
- Messier 4,195 · U.S. census
- Messina 12,626 · U.S. census
- Messner 4,793 · U.S. census
- Mest 463 · U.S. census
- Mestas 2,166 · U.S. census
- Mestayer 274 · U.S. census
- Mestdagh 101 · U.S. census
- Meston 285 · U.S. census
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