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'''Horowitz''' ({{langx|he|הוֹרוֹביץ}}, {{langx|yi|האָראָװיץ}}) is a [[Levite|Levitical]] [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] surname deriving from the [[Horowitz family]], though it can also be a non-Jewish surname as well. The name is derived from the town of [[Hořovice]], [[Bohemia]]. Other variants of the name include Harowitz, Harowicz, [[Harrwitz]], Harwitz, [[Horovitz]], [[Horvitz]], Horwicz, [[Horwitz]], Hourwitz, [[Hurewicz]], [[Hurwicz]], [[Hurwitz]], Gerovich, Gurovich, [[Gurevich]], [[Gurvich]], Gourevitch, Gurewitsch, Gorovits, Gorovitz, Orowitz and Urwitz.<ref>{{cite web |title=Origin of Horowitz Name |url=http://www.shlomo.horwitzfam.org/Origin_of_Horowitz_Name.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210213628/http://www.shlomo.horwitzfam.org/Origin_of_Horowitz_Name.htm |archive-date=2003-12-10}}</ref>