The Horta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,889 people carried this name — #8,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 38% from 2,817 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 307 people named Horta live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
157 people named Horta live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Horta.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Horta in American newspapers,
1919–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,952 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Horta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Constantino de Horta y Pardo 1860–1923 · writer -
Victor Horta 1861–1947 · teacher -
Oscar Pedroso Horta 1908–1975 · lawyer
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Pierre Horta 1795– · cobbler
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Inácia Carolina Horta 1827–1882
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Joaquim Horta i Boadella 1878–1956 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Horta.
- Hornecker 281 · U.S. census
- Horner 23,881 · U.S. census
- Hornung 2,830 · U.S. census
- Horny 132 · U.S. census
- Horry 386 · U.S. census
- Horst 9,245 · U.S. census
- Horter 309 · U.S. census
- Horth 215 · U.S. census
- Horvat 1,674 · U.S. census
- Horvath 15,302 · U.S. census
- Hoss 3,033 · U.S. census
- Host 1,519 · U.S. census
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