Horvatović families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zapresic area and in Zagreb. In Grižići in Slavonski Brod area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Horvatović.
Prevalence
About 380 people with faimily name Horvatović live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Jakovlje in Zapresic area (95), Zagreb (40), Slavonski Brod (20), Osijek (20), and in Bapska (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over two hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.