Horvat is a surname of Croatian origin. It is the most frequent

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

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and the second most frequent in

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

. Its variant Horvath is very frequent in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

and

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. The variant Horvatić is the fifth most common name in

Brckovljani Brckovljani is a village and a municipality in Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 Croatian census, there are 6,837 inhabitants, in the following settlements: * Božjakovina – 178 * Brckovljani – 1,542 * Gornja Greda – 625 * ...

.https://web.dzs.hr/eng/censuses/census2011/results/htm/e01_01_31/e01_01_31_zup01.html The surname originates in Croatia, ''Horvat'' being the older version of the word '' Hrvat'', an

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used by

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. In speaches of central Croatia, people still call themselves ''Horvati'' and their country ''Horvatska''. In the 2011 census, it was the most common last name in the

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Zagreb County Zagreb County () is a county in Northern Croatia. It surrounds, but does not contain, the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" (). According to the 2021 censu ...

Krapina-Zagorje County Krapina-Zagorje County (, ) is a county in northern Croatia, bordering Slovenia. It encompasses most of the historic region called Hrvatsko Zagorje. The area contains the excavation site of a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal man in caves near the ...

Varaždin County Varaždin County () is a county in Hrvatsko Zagorje. It is named after its county seat, the city of Varaždin. Geography The county contains the city of Varaždin, the towns of: Ivanec, Ludbreg, Lepoglava, Novi Marof and Varaždinske Top ...

Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci County ( ; ) is a county in Northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci; Koprivnica is the official capital of the county. The county also include ...

Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Bilogora County (; ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in central Croatia. The central city of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman Empire, O ...

, and

Virovitica-Podravina County Virovitica-Podravina County (; ; ) is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, Podravina being the Drava's drainage basin. Other notable towns are Slatina and ...

. In Croatia, majority of Croats with surname Horvat live in the

Kajkavian Kajkavian is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic supradialect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia and Gorski Kotar. It is part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, being transitional to the supradialects of Č ...

dialect region in

Croatia proper In contemporary geography, the terms Central Croatia () and Mountainous Croatia () are used to describe most of the area sometimes historically known as Croatia or Croatia proper (), one of the four historical regions of the Republic of Croa ...

. Apart from them, there is a certain number of ethnic Serbs with surname Horvat in the Baranja region of Croatia. In Slovenia, almost half of the citizens with the surname Horvat live in the

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...

region, where it is the most common surname by far. It is also common in

Lower Styria Styria (, ), also known as Slovenian Styria (; ) or Lower Styria (; ) to differentiate it from Austrian Styria, is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of St ...

and in

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, while it is very rare in western Slovenia.

People

Alexander Horvát Alexander Horvát (born 25 September 2000) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malženice. Club career Horvát made his professional Slovak league debut for Spartak Trnava against AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak ...

(born 2000), Slovak footballer * Andraš Horvat (1744–1789), Croatian author and cultural activist who worked among the Hungarian Slovenes *

Bo Horvat Bowie William Horvat (born April 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre and Captain (ice hockey)#Alternate captains, alternate captain for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was se ...

(born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player *

Branko Horvat Branko Horvat (24 July 1928 – 18 December 2003) was a Croatian economist and politician. Horvat was born in Petrinja on 24 July 1928. In 1944 during World War II, Horvat and his father Artur Horvat joined the Partisan movement in Croatia. He ...

(1928–2003), Croatian economist and politician * Danielle Horvat (born 1991), Australian actress * Darko Horvat, multiple people * Drago Horvat (born 1958), Yugoslav ice hockey player *

Dmitry Horvat Dmitry Leonidovich Horvat ( – 16 May 1937) was a Russian lieutenant general and railway engineer who worked on and led various sections of the Russian Empires railways during his career. During the Russian Civil War he became one of the le ...

(1858–1937), Russian lieutenant general * Edi Horvat (born 1998), Croatian footballer *

Feri Horvat Feri Horvat (; 26 September 1941 – 1 August 2020) was a Slovenian Management, manager and politician, and one of the founders of the United List of Social Democrats, now known as the Social Democrats (Slovenia), Social Democrats. Between July ...

(1941–2020), Slovenian politician *

Frank Horvat Frank Horvat (28 April 1928 – 21 October 2020) was an Italian photographer who lived and worked in France. He is best known for his fashion photography, published between the mid 1950s and the late 1980s. Horvat's photographic opus includes pho ...

(1928–2020), Italian photographer * Hrvoje Horvat (born 1946), Croatian handball player and coach * Hrvoje Horvat, Jr. (born 1977), Croatian handball player and coach * Ivan Horvat, multiple people *

Ivica Horvat Ivan "Ivica" Horvat (16 July 1926 – 27 August 2012) was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football player and manager. He spent most of his playing career in the 1940s and 1950s with Dinamo Zagreb, with whom he won two Federal League cham ...

(1926–2012), Croatian footballer *

John Horvat John Horvat (; ; died 15 August 1394) was a Croato– Hungarian nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia who served as Ban of Macsó from 1376 to 1381, and again between 1385 and 1386. Horvat was the brother of Ladislaus and Paul, Bisho ...

(died 1394), Croatian nobleman *

Josip Horvat Međimurec Josip Horvat (; 18 February 1904 – 2 June 1945) was a Croatian painter. Horvat was born to Dragutin and Marija Horvat in Čakovec. He attended elementary school in Čakovec, and grade school in Nagykanizsa and Pest, Hungary, Pest. He then ...

(1904–1945), Croatian painter *

Jovan Horvat Jovan Samuilović Horvat de Kurtič, also referred to as Ivan Horvat ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Самуиловић Хорват de Куртич, also referred to as ; also known as Jovan Horvat ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Хорват), Ivan Khorvat (), I ...

(1722–1786), Russian general of

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

descent *

Joža Horvat Josip "Joža" Horvat (10 March 1915 – 26 October 2012) was a Croatian writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, dramas, screenplays, essays and radio dramas, translated into at least nine languages, including Russian, Chinese and ...

(1915–2012), Croatian writer and sailor *

Lidija Horvat Lidija Horvat (born 5 May 1982) is a Croatian handball player, who currently plays for the Romanian club Rapid Bucuresti and for the Croatia women's national handball team. She played on the Croatian team at the 2008 European Women's Handball ...

(born 1982), Croatian handball player *

Lidija Horvat-Dunjko Lidija Horvat-Dunjko (born 1967) is a Croatian soprano vocalist and a Docent at the Zagreb Academy of Music. She was awarded the highest Croatian national decoration for her achievement in culture, the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the image of ...

(born 1967), Croatian soprano *

Lucas Mario Horvat Lucas Mario Horvat (born 13 October 1985) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club SC Eibiswald. Born in Argentina, he represented Slovenia internationally. Club career Before starting his professional career, Horvat went thr ...

(born 1985), Slovenian footballer * Mihaela Horvat (born 1994), Croatian footballer *

Mila Horvat Mila Horvat (born June 4, 1981) is a Croatian TV host who appears on Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). Horvat was born in Celje, Slovenia. She spent her childhood in Hum na Sutli, Croatia and studied journalism at the University of Zagreb (Croatian ...

(born 1981), Croatian TV host * Milan Horvat (1919–2014), Croatian conductor *

Nikolina Horvat Nikolina Horvat (born 18 September 1986 in Zagreb) is a Croatian athlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London ...

(born 1986), Croatian athlete * Oleksandr Horvat (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer * Paul Horvat (14th century), bishop of Zagreb * Robert Horvat (born 1969), Ukrainian politician * * Ryan Horvat (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player * Sabrina Horvat (born 1997), Austrian footballer *

Srećko Horvat Srećko Horvat (born 28 February 1983) is a Croatian philosopher, author and political activist. The German weekly '' Der Freitag'' called him "one of the most exciting voices of his generation" and he has been described as a "fiery voice of diss ...

(born 1983), Croatian philosopher * Stevan Horvat (1932–2018), Serbian wrestler *

Steve Horvat Steven Horvat (born 14 March 1971) is an Australian former professional soccer player. Club career A graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport, Horvat began his career with Melbourne Croatia. He later played with Sunshine George Cross, N ...

(born 1971), Australian professional football player *

Stjepan Horvat Stjepan Horvat (November 29, 1895 – March 12, 1985) was a Croatian geodesist and professor, dean of the Technical Faculty in Zagreb, head of the University of Zagreb, editor of the journals ''Geodetski list'' and ''Hrvatska državna izmje ...

(1895–1985), Croatian geodesist and professor * Tomi Horvat (born 1999), Slovenian footballer *

Zlatko Horvat Zlatko Horvat (born 25 September 1984) is a Croatian handball player for RK Dubrava Zagreb. Career Since 2003 Horvat's Zagreb has not lost a match in the domestic league and cup. Horvat has reached the quarter-final of the EHF Champions League ...

(born 1984), Croatian handball player

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