Tracing the Meserve Family Name

The Meserve last name has French roots. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “one who measured land, a surveyor”. Related forms include Meservey.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Meserve surname had 1,521 bearers. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Meserve family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. Want more than a summary? See the Meserve family name pack.