Horvath is a common Hungarian surname, originating from Croatia. It is an older version of the noun "Hrvat" which is the Croatian-language name for a Croat

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Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

, (Hungarian: Horvát). The initial holders of this surname most likely were ethnic Croats living or working in Hungary. Although with later generations the percentage of Croatian ethnicity was probably watered down, initially the last name was a way of distinguishing a particular first name who happens to be "the Croat," i.e. Ivan Horvath in that initial context meant Ivan "the Croat." The surname "Horvat", without the "h" (as the sound 'th' does not exist in the Croatian language) still exists and is not an uncommon surname in Croatia or the Croatian diaspora. Geneaologists should, therefore, research both spellings for additional family links.

List of persons with the surname

• Alexander Horváth
  Alexander Horváth
  Alexander Horváth is a former Slovak football player, of Hungarian ethnic origin. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 26 matches and scored 3 goals.He was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup....
  
  
• Andrea Horwath
  Andrea Horwath
  Andrea Horwath , is a Canadian activist and politician. She is the Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party in Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre, and was chosen as the party's leader at its 2009 leadership convention.She is...
  
  
• András Horváth
  András Horváth
  András Horváth is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for Szombathelyi Haladás.He started his career in 1995 with Szombathelyi Haladás, and joined FC Sopron in 2002. In 2006 he marked his debut with the Hungarian national team, and scored his first international goal in a friendly match...
  
  , Hungarian footballer
• Antonio Horvath, Chilean senator
• Attila Horváth
  Attila Horváth
  Attila Horváth is a retired male discus thrower from Hungary, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics . His personal best is 68.58 metres, thrown on June 24, 1994 in Budapest, Hungary...
  
  
• Béla Horváth, Acting Minister of Interior during Hungary's Lakatos administration (1944)
• Bronco Horvath
  Bronco Horvath
  Joseph Rudolph "Bronco" Horvath is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played 434 games in the NHL between 1955 and 1968....
  
  
• Dezsö J. Horváth
  Dezsö J. Horváth
  Dezsö Joseph Horváth, CM is a Canadian businessman and educator. He is the current dean of York University's Schulich School of Business. Outside of the academia, he serves as a board member of various corporations, including Dofasco, Inscape Corporation, and Westport Innovations.-Education:In...
  
  , Canadian businessman and educator
• Ferenc Horváth
  Ferenc Horváth
  Ferenc Horváth is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for SV Markt St Martin in the 2.Burgenlandliga Middle, in Austria.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1996, and got 32 caps and 11 goals until 2001....
  
  , Hungarian footballer
• Gábor Horváth (disambiguation)
• Gergely Horváth
  Gergely Horváth
  Gergely Horváth is a retired male javelin thrower from Hungary. His personal best throw is 81.55 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Nyíregyháza....
  
  
• Géza Horváth
  Géza Horváth
  Géza Horváth was a Hungarian doctor and entomologist internationally recognized for his work on bugs .He also contributed extensively to the study of Hungarian scale insect fauna...
  
   (1847 - 1937) Hungarian entomologist
• Joan Horvath
  Joan Horvath
  Joan Horvath is an American astronomer and aeronautic scientist. She was CEO of Takeoff Technologies, which no longer exists, and has recently co-written a book called Saturn: A New View.-External links:*...
  
  
• Johann Horvath
  Johann Horvath
  Johann "Hans" Horvath was an Austrian footballer.-Club career:One of Austria's most prolific strikers of the 1920's, Hansi Horvath played for several club teams in Vienna. He spent most seasons with 1...
  
  , former Austrian footballer
• Johann Baptiste Horvath
  Johann Baptiste Horvath
  Johann Baptiste Horvath was a Hungarian-born Jesuit Professor of Physics and Philosophy at the University of Trnava in modern-day Slovakia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Hungary...
  
  
• Josh Horvath
• Les Horvath
  Les Horvath
  Leslie "Les" Horvath was the 1944 Heisman Trophy winner, who played quarterback and halfback for the Ohio State University.- Early life :He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area....
  
  
• Michael Horváth
• Nick Horvath
  Nick Horvath
  Nick Horvath is a naturalised New Zealand professional basketball player, originally from the United States, currently playing for the NZL NBL team Manawatu Jets....
  
  
• Pavel Horváth
  Pavel Horváth
  Pavel Horváth is a Czech footballer who plays for FC Viktoria Plzeň as a midfielder.-Club career:After making his professional debut with AC Sparta Prague, Horváth moved to lowly FK Baumit Jablonec in search of more opportunities, which led to a return to the capital, with SK Slavia, scoring 27...
  
  , Czech footballer
• Péter Horváth
  Péter Horváth
  Péter Horváth is a former butterfly swimmer from Hungary, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.-References:*...
  
  
• Polly Horvath
  Polly Horvath
  Polly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
  
  
• Ödön von Horváth
  Ödön von Horváth
  Edmund Josef von Horváth was a German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist...
  
  
• Opika von Méray Horváth
  Opika von Méray Horváth
  Opika von Méray Horváth , aka Zsófia Méray-Horváth, was a Hungarian figure skater. She won three consecutive World titles ....
  
  
• Rudolf Horvath
  Rudolf Horváth
  Rudolf Horváth is a former Slovak handball player.He played for Czechoslovakia and won the gold medal in 1967 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden.- References :...
  
  
• Ryan Horvath
  Ryan Horvath
  Ryan Matthew Horvath is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Sentinels as a street free agent in 2009. He played college football at Drake.-Early years:...
  
  
• Scott Horvath
  Scott Horvath
  Scott Horvath is an American former professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:Scott Horvath was selected in the 6th Round, 184th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2001 National Hockey League entry draft....
  
  
• Vlastimil Horváth
  Vlastimil Horváth
  Vlastimil Horváth is the second Czech Superstar. He is ethnic Roma.-Discography:Albums*Česko hledá SuperStar Top 12 *Místo zázraků *Do peří nefoukej...
  
  
• Zoltán Horváth (disambiguation)
• Ronnie Earl
  Ronnie Earl
  Ronnie Earl is an American blues guitarist and music instructor.-Career:Earl collected blues, jazz, rock and soul records while growing up. He studied American History at C.W...
  
   (Real name Ronald Horvath)
• William Horvath

Shane Alan Horvath

See also

• Horvát (Horvat)
  Horvat
  Horvat is the most frequent surname in Croatia and 2nd most frequent in Slovenia. The surname originates from Croatia, Horvat being the older version of the word Hrvat, a term used to describe a Croat. Croats with surname Horvat live almost exclusively in kajkavian speaking region...
  
  
• Hrovat (Chrovat)
  Hrovat
  Hrovat is a Slovene variation of Hungarian surname Horvath, originating from Croatia. It may refer to:* Andy Hrovat, American freestyle wrestler* Urška Hrovat, retired Slovenian alpine skier...