Messier is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Messier
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Worn including Normandy (Alternative: Lemessier), the name designated in Old French or a guard harvest vineyards, and more generally a policeman. Rare variants: Messier, Messiez.

How popular is Messier?

Messier is common in Canada.

Messier is ranked 41257 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Messier bearers increased by 5.196663 per cent in 2010 US census to 4413 since 2000, the surname slipped by 215 spots and ranked at 7532. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.97 96.66
Hispanic or Latino 2.06 1.41
Others 1.38 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.36
Black 0.54 0.26
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.29 0.24
Messier is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Canada is ahead in terms of density. Around 11829 people have been found who wears Messier as their family name. Messier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
214,847 Australia4
10,686 Costa Rica3
32,086 Mexico3
82,478 South Africa2
91,784 Netherlands2
5,139 Bolivia2
201,317 England2
1,333 Guam2
172,258 Germany1
120,357 Argentina1
91,024 Belgium1
897,276 Russia1
31,584 Peru1
31,207 Ireland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
40,340 Malaysia1
77,122 Sweden1
36,678 Singapore1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,814 Romania1
58,885 Poland1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
3,830 Luxembourg20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Messier:
9,477 France955
3,958 Colombia489
Countries with thousands of Messier:
7,083 United States5,394
1,048 Canada4,843
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Comments

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Messier
Messier is a name that refers to former french guard harvest and vineyards or champetre guard, profession -a name also refers to one who said Mass, that is to say the cleric.

Messier Namesakes

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  • Mark Messier, Ice hockey centre
  • Jean-Marie Messier, Businessman
  • Jean-Marie Messier, Businessman
  • Joby Messier, Ice hockey player
  • Mark Messier, Ice hockey centre
  • Laurance Messier, Actor
  • Mark Messier, Ice hockey centre
  • Mark Messier, Ice hockey centre
  • Marc Messier, Actor

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