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Habitational surname from two villages in Norfolk, from an Old English personal name *Mæssa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Habitational surname from two villages in Norfolk, from an Old English personal name *Mæssa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.