Family name Chlei (Chlei 
, Шлей 
) , all around the world, is a rare surname. The last name Chlei is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare surname, and Ukraine. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. Much less frequently, Chlei is the forename as well as the last name.