Horvat

Horvat is the most frequent[1][2] surname in Croatia and Slovakia,[3] 2nd most frequent[4] in Slovenia and 5th most frequent surname in Hungary.[5] 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,[6] 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.[7] It is also common in Lower Styria and in Ljubljana, while it is very rare in western Slovenia.[8]

Horvat
Language(s)Croatian
Origin
MeaningCroat
Region of originCroatia
Other names
Variant form(s)Horváth
Hrovat

Notable people with the surname include:

See also

References
  1. :: Directory of Croatian Surnames - Horvat
  2. :: Most frequent Croatian Surnames - Horvat
  3. http://europeisnotdead.com/disco/words-of-europe/european-surnames/
  4. :: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia - Database of first names and family names ::
  5. http://www.budapestagent.com/most-common-hungarian-surnames.html
  6. http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/census2011/results/htm/h01_01_31/H01_01_31.html
  7. http://www.stat.si/imena_baza_priimki.asp?ime=&priimek=horvat&spol=
  8. http://www.stat.si/imena_baza_priimki.asp?ime=&priimek=horvat&spol=
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