All around the world, Malya (Malya 
, Маля 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Malya is characteristic of Algeria, where it is a rare feminine name, India, where it is a rare dominantly male, but uncommonly female name, and Tanzania, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Indonesia, and Algeria. Likewise, Malya is the last name as well as the forename.