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Horvat is the most frequent surname in Croatia and Slovakia, 2nd most frequent in Slovenia and 5th most frequent surname in Hungary. The surname originates from Croatia, Horvat being the older version of the word Hrvat, which means Croat in Croatian. Croats with surname Horvat live almost exclusively in kajkavian speaking region. According to the 2011 census, it's the most common last name in the city of Zagreb, Zagreb County Krapina-Zagorje County, Varaždin County, Koprivnica-Križevci County, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Virovitica-Podravina County and Virovitica-Podravina County. Apart from them, there is a certain number of ethnic Serbs with surname Horvat inside Baranja region of Croatia. Almost half of the citizens of Slovenia that have the surname Horvat live in the Prekmurje region, where it is the most common surname by far. It is also common in Lower Styria and in Ljubljana, while it is very rare in western Slovenia.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Andraš Horvat (1744–1789), Croatian author and cultural activist who worked among the Hungarian Slovenes
- Andrej Horvat, Slovenian economist and politician
- Anika Horvat (born 1977), Slovenian folk singer
- Bo Horvat, (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
- Branko Horvat (1928–2003), Croatian economist and politician
- Bryan Horvat (born 1983), American dirt track racer, chicken farmer, & fishing lure collector
- Danielle Horvat (born 1991), Australian actress
- Darko Horvat (born 1973), Croatian footballer
- Drago Horvat (born 1958), Yugoslav ice hockey player
- Feri Horvat (born 1941), Slovenian politician
- Hrvoje Horvat (born 1946), Croatian handballer and coach
- Ivan Horvat (born 1993), Croatian athlete
- Ivica Horvat (1926–2012), Croatian football player and coach
- Ivana Horvat (born 1975), Croatian model
- John Horvat (died 1394), Croatian nobleman
- Josip Horvat Međimurec (1904–1945), Croatian painter
- Joža Horvat (1915–2012), Croatian writer and sailor
- Lidija Horvat (born 1982), Croatian handball player
- Lidija Horvat-Dunjko (born 1967), Croatian soprano
- Lucas Mario Horvat (born 1985), Slovenian footballer
- Nikolina Horvat (born 1986), Croatian athlete
- Mila Horvat (born 1981), Croatian TV host
- Milan Horvat (1919–2014), Croatian conductor
- Paul Horvat (14th century), bishop of Zagreb
- Ryan Horvat (born 1993), Canadian hockey player
- Stevan Horvat (born 1932), Serbian wrestler
- Steve Horvat (born 1971), Australian professional football player
- Stjepan Horvat (1895–1985), Croatian patriot, geodesist and professor
- Zlatko Horvat (born 1984), Croatian handballer
At least 533 individuals with the surname died at the Jasenovac concentration camp.