Horvat
Horvat is the most frequent surname in Croatia and Slovakia, 2nd most frequent in Slovenia and 5th most frequent surname in Hungary.
The surname originates in Croatia, Horvat being the older version of the word Hrvat, an autonym used by Croats. In Croatia, majority of Croats with surname Horvat live in the Kajkavian dialect region in Croatia proper. According to the 2011 census, it's the most common last name in the city of Zagreb, Zagreb County Krapina-Zagorje County, Varaždin County, Koprivnica-Križevci County, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, and Virovitica-Podravina County. Apart from them, there is a certain number of ethnic Serbs with surname Horvat inside Baranja region of Croatia. Almost half of the citizens of Slovenia that have the surname Horvat live in the Prekmurje region, where it is the most common surname by far. It is also common in Lower Styria and in Ljubljana, while it is very rare in western Slovenia.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian Pavel Horvat,, Romanian footballer
- Andraš Horvat, Croatian author and cultural activist who worked among the Hungarian Slovenes
- Bo Horvat,, Canadian ice hockey player
- Branko Horvat, Croatian economist and politician
- Danielle Horvat, Australian actress
- Darko Horvat, Croatian footballer
- Drago Horvat, Yugoslav ice hockey player
- Feri Horvat, Slovenian politician
- Hrvoje Horvat, Croatian handballer and coach
- Ivan Horvat, Croatian athlete
- Ivica Horvat, Croatian football player and coach
- John Horvat, Croatian nobleman
- Josip Horvat Međimurec, Croatian painter
- Joža Horvat, Croatian writer and sailor
- Lidija Horvat, Croatian handball player
- Lidija Horvat-Dunjko, Croatian soprano
- Lucas Mario Horvat, Slovenian footballer
- Nikolina Horvat, Croatian athlete
- Mila Horvat, Croatian TV host
- Milan Horvat, Croatian conductor
- Paul Horvat, bishop of Zagreb
- Ryan Horvat, Canadian hockey player
- Srećko Horvat, Croatian-born philosopher
- Stevan Horvat, Serbian wrestler
- Steve Horvat, Australian professional football player
- Stjepan Horvat, Croatian patriot, geodesist and professor
- Zlatko Horvat, Croatian handballer
At least 533 individuals with the surname died at the Jasenovac concentration camp.
