- 855
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Markwardt
Meaning & Origins
North German: occupational name for a frontier guard or the guardian of a fenced-off area (such as a woodland), Middle Low German markward, from mark ‘borderland’ + ward(e) ‘guardian’. In medieval folk stories Markwart occurs as a nickname for a jay; it is possible that this use may have influenced the acquisition of the surname in some cases.
| 26,514th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 855
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Markwardt per capita
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