Surname Horvatić in modern Croatia

Horvatić families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. According to some sources they are from Hrvatskog zagorja, or Hungary. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Prepuštovec in Zlatar area every second inhabitant had the family name Horvatić.

Prevalence

About 2300 people with faimily name Horvatić live in Croatia today, in 940 households. There were 2700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 249 other places, mostly in Zagreb (485), in Ljubescica (95) and Turcin (75) in Varazdin area, Karlovac (55), and in Sesvete (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), Australia (5), Sweden (4), France (3), Canada (2), the United States (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Horvatić (including: Horvatic , Horvatich , Horwatich and Horwatitsch ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Horvatic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Libya. "Horvatich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 100 in Brazil. "Horwatich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Horvatić, Jasminka Horvatić, Janja Horvatić, Stjepan Horvatić, Katica Horvatić, Ivica Horvatić, Davor Horvatić, Miroslav Horvatić, Drago Horvatić, Đurđica Horvatić, Dubravko Horvatić, Matija Horvatić, Dragutin Horvatić, Berislav Horvatić, Elizabeta Horvatić, Gordana Horvatić, Krešimir Horvatić, Franjo Horvatić, Hrvoje Horvatić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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