Horvat

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Horvat is a surname of Croatian origin. It is the most frequent surname in Croatia[1] and the second most frequent in Slovenia.[2] Its variant Horvath is very frequent in Hungary and Slovakia.[3]

LanguageCroatian
MeaningCroat
Region of originCroatia
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Horvat
LanguageCroatian
Origin
MeaningCroat
Region of originCroatia
Other names
Variant formsHorváth
Hrovat
Horvatić
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In Croatia, Horvat is the older version of the word Hrvat, an autonym used by Croats. In parts of central Croatia, people still call themselves Horvati and their country Horvatska.[citation needed] In the 2011 census, it was 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.[1]

The majority of Croats with surname Horvat live in the Kajkavian dialect region in Croatia proper. 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 region, where it is the most common surname by far.[4] It is also common in Lower Styria and in Ljubljana, while it is very rare in western Slovenia.[4]

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