# Horta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/horta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,889 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,481 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 79,389 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (2,817 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Horta in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 80% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Horta in Belgium, the United States and Brazil.

## People named Horta

- Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau (1861–1947)
- Silvio Horta, American television producer and writer (1974-2020)
- Andréia Horta, actress

## Similar surnames

Huerta, Hord, Howarth, Horwath, Howard, Hart, Hardy, Heard, Hurt, Hurd, Heredia, Hayward.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.