How to pronounce Markgraf?

Mark-grahf
Mark - rhymes with park
grahf - rhymes with cough

Last name

German, Dutch

Male, Female

Status name from Middle High German marcgrave ‘margrave’ (from marc ‘boundary’ + grave ‘royal judge’).

In some cases the title may have been applied as a nickname for someone with overbearing behavior or as an metonymic occupational name for a servant in the household of a margrave.