Massengill
A surname most likely from an old place-name or personal-name form, now best known in the United States.
The #9,352 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 88,771 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Massengill is an English-looking surname, but its precise derivation is uncertain. It is most plausibly a habitational name from a lost or altered place-name, or a heavily reduced form of an older regional surname that has shifted in spelling over time. The final element may reflect an old English place-name ending such as -inghill or a similar topographic form, but this is not securely established.
History
The name is now especially associated with the United States, where it appears as a relatively uncommon surname. Because the form is unusual and not well documented in standard surname dictionaries, its early history is hard to trace with confidence. Like many rare English-origin surnames in America, it likely became fixed through local spelling traditions in colonial or early federal records.
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Fun fact
The surname is rare enough that spelling variants can matter a lot in family research, especially in older census and church records.