Musser
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Musser is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: probably a variant of Moser.
- USUnited States1 in 34K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 47K
- CACanada≈1 in 56K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 357 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
9,820 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
probably a variant of Moser. FOREBEARSHost (Joseph) Musser (c.l6921761) came on the ship Molly, which arrived at Philadelphia, PA, on 30 September, 1727. He settled in Lampeter Township, PA.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Musser counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 9,820 | 1 in 34K | 9.8K | Musser | 357 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Musser | 31 |
| CA Canada | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Musser | 36 |
| EG Egypt | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 163K | — | Musser | 4 |
| IT Italy | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 113K | — | Musser | 5 |
| SG Singapore | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Musser | 1 |
| IE Ireland | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Musser | 2 |
| LB Lebanon | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Musser | 1 |
9,820 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Musser is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mussō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, to hide (oneself)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- A. Milton Musserb. 1830USAmerican Mormon pioneer (1830–1909)
- Paul Musserb. 1889USAmerican baseball player
- Malcolm Musserb. 1889USAmerican basketball coach
- Guy Musserb. 1936USAmerican zoologist (1936–2019)
- David Musserb. 1944UScomputer scientist
- Terry Musserb. 1947USAmerican politician (1947–2018)
- Charles Musserb. 1951USAmerican academic
- George Musserb. 1965USAmerican science writer
- Alec Musserb. 1973USAmerican fitness model and actor (1973–2024)
- Rebecca Musserb. 1976USAmerican writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 9.8K | #3,615 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9.5K | #3,655 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 9.4K | #3,496 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Musser come from?
- probably a variant of Moser. FOREBEARSHost (Joseph) Musser (c.l6921761) came on the ship Molly, which arrived at Philadelphia, PA, on 30 September, 1727. He settled in Lampeter Township, PA. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Musser mean?
- Recorded meaning: probably a variant of Moser.
- In which country does Musser have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 9.8 thousand people named Musser, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled musser.
- How common is the name Musser?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,820 people named Musser in 2010, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Musser”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.