Around the globe, Malikjan (Malikjan 
, Маликжан 
) is a rare primarily male, but scarcely female first name. The first name Malikjan is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare dominantly male, but infrequently girly name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a very rare male name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Very seldom, Malikjan is the last name as well as the forename.