Mussman
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Frequency: (334)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German (Mussmann): from Middle Low German mūs ‘mouse’ + man ‘man’, either a nickname for someone thought to resemble a mouse, or an occupational name for a mouse catcher.
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