In Croatia, Skansi families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Skansi live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Split (<10), Hvar on the Island of Hvar (<10), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Brusje on the Island of Hvar (<5).