Horvath Family History

Hungarian (Horváth): ethnic name for a Croat (in particular a Croatian refugee from the Turks i.e. the Ottoman Empire) from an old spelling of Hungarian Horvát itself from Croatian Hrvat. This could also be a nickname for a Hungarian who lived in Croatia who had dealings with Croatia or who often traveled there (from 1091 to 1526 the present-day Croatia was under Hungarian rule).

The surname in the form Horváth is also very frequent in Slovakia and Czechia (see Charvat). See also Horvat compare Horwath.

Jewish (from Hungary; Horváth): adoption of the Hungarian surname in 1 above because it has some sounds in common with the original surname such as presumably Horowitz.