Frequency: (2389)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Swiss German (Müsselmann): probably an occupational name for a woodman, from Middle High German müsel ‘log’ + man ‘man’.
FOREBEARS: Christian Musselmann (1665- 1734) was a Mennonite who came to PA from Lauperswil, Berne, Switzerland, at the beginning of the 18th century.
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