Cognomen Hlai (黎 
, Hlai 
, ไล้) , around the world, is a prevalent surname. The last name Hlai is characteristic of China, where it is quite a common surname, Myanmar, where it is quite a rare surname, and Malaysia, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, Myanmar, and Pakistan. Much less frequently, Hlai is the forename as well as the last name.