Messager Surname

97,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,848 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Messager Surname User-submission:

Messager is an Old French and Middle English surname, denoting someone who communicates a message [now referred to as a messenger].

Messager Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4,5401:14,6311,523
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
England81:6,964,757184,742
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
China41:341,830,39216,990
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Messager (78) may also be a first name.

Messager Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Messager is an Old French and Middle English surname, denoting someone who communicates a message [now referred to as a messenger].

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This is an Old French, Middle English surname, meaning 'one who communicates a message'. Now commonly referred to as a messenger.

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Messager Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Messager Come From? nationality or country of origin

Messager is most common in France. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Messager? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 97,845th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,503,207 people. The surname Messager is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Messager reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 78 people.

The last name is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 4,540 people, or 1 in 14,631. In France Messager is mostly found in: Brittany, where 26 percent live, Île-de-France, where 18 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 10 percent live. Aside from France this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Messager Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Messager has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Messager Last Name Statistics demography

Messager earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 1.59% less than the national average, earning $48,892 CAD per year.

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