The Horvath surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 15,538 people carried this name — #2,147 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,400 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,078 people named Horvath live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 343 people named Horvath live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 326 people named Horvath.
Most of them — 200 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
65 people named Horvath have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 345 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Horvath in American newspapers,
1896–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,599 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Horvath,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Horvath 1903–1968 · association football player -
Les Horvath 1921–1995 · dentist -
Francisc Horvath 1928– · amateur wrestler -
Bronco Horvath 1930–2019 · ice hockey player -
Antonio Horvath 1950–2018 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 116 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Horvath.
- Horry 363 · U.S. census
- Horst 8,208 · U.S. census
- Horta 2,817 · U.S. census
- Horter 357 · U.S. census
- Horth 277 · U.S. census
- Horvat 1,661 · U.S. census
- Hoss 4,211 · U.S. census
- Host 1,501 · U.S. census
- Hoste 200 · U.S. census
- Hosten 265 · U.S. census
- Hostettler 665 · U.S. census
- Hot 272 · U.S. census
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