Only a few people with faimily name Lai live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5), Koprivnica (<5), Cakovec (<5), and in Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.