Surname Horvath in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Horvath families are predominantly Croats (from Djakovo area ), rarely Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ), and very rarely Slovaks (from Ilok ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Horvath live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Ilok (<10), Semeljci in Djakovo area (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Horvath (including: Horwath , Horváth , Chorváth , Horvatch , Thorwath and Chorvath ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. The family name "Horvath " is used by some 100000 people in Hungary , about 40000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Germany. "Horvatch " is used by few people in the United States. "Horwath " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 500 in Austria , and some 400 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Šandor Horvath, Mladen Horvath, Nevenko Horvath, Laszlo Horvath, Vesna Horvath, Zoltan Horvath, Eva Horvath, Alma Horvath, Zorica Horvath, Jure Horvath, Štefan Horvath, Ivan Horvath, Janoš Horvath, Pal Horvath, Miklos Horvath, Gyula Horvath, Katalin Horvath, Sandor Horvath, Jasna Horvath

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over four hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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