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

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family name
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Cologne phonetics
0732
Caverphone
AFT111
different from
Horvat
Commons category
Horvat (surname)
language of work or name
German
native label
Horvat
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
H613
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Horvat is a surname of Croatian origin. It is the most frequent surname in Croatia and the second most frequent in Slovenia. Its variant Horvath is very frequent in Hungary and Slovakia.

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. 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.

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