In Croatia, Splait families are generally Croats (from Rijeka area ), rarely Bosniaks (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Splait live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four naselja i to in Rijeka (<5), in Cernik (<5) and Grobnik (<5) in Rijeka area, and in Stara Susica in Delnice area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Splait is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Splayt " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.