Messing
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See also: messing
Etymology 1
From the Old English personal name Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).[1]
Proper noun
Messing
- A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.
Proper noun
Messing (plural Messings)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Messing is the 12289th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2530 individuals. Messing is most common among White (92.69%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messing”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.
References
- "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
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