Malaysians in the United Kingdom are British citizens who have full or partial

Malaysian Malaysian may refer to: * Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia * Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia * Malaysian people, people who are identified with the country of Malaysia regard ...

origin or descent and Malaysian citizens residing in the

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. The

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recorded 49,886 Malaysian-born people. The 2011 census recorded 62,396 people born in Malaysia living in England, 2,117 in Wales, 4,721 in Scotland and 705 in Northern Ireland. The largest concentrations of Malaysian-born residents were recorded in Greater London (21,209 people) and

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(11,331). The

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estimates that 75,000 Malaysian-born expatriate were resident in the UK in 2017. In December 2008, it was reported that over 30,000 Malaysians who entered the UK temporarily had overstayed their visas. In 2013, there were 14,500 Malaysians studying at tertiary level in the United Kingdom, making Malaysians one of the largest overseas student groups in the United Kingdom and making the United Kingdom the country with the 2nd most Malaysian students.

Notable people

This is a list of Malaysian expatriates in the United Kingdom and British citizens of Malaysian origin. * Arul Suppiah - Cricketer * Amelia Thripura Henderson - Actress, model and television host *

Tash Aw Tash Aw, whose full name is Aw Ta-Shi (; born 4 October 1971) is a Malaysian writer living in London. Biography Born in 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, Tash Aw returned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the age of two, and grew up t ...

- Author *

Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid (28 January 1922 – 15 December 2020) was a Malaysian economist and lecturer. He was the 3rd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya from 1968 to 1988 and the 1st General Director of the Council on La ...

- Academic *

Betty Boo Alison Moira Clarkson (born 6 March 1970 in Kensington, London), better known as Betty Boo, is an English singer, songwriter and rapper. She first came to mainstream prominence in the late 1980s following a collaboration with the Beatmasters ...

- Singer * Jason Pomeroy - British-Malaysian architect *

Jimmy Choo Datuk Jimmy Choo Back from ...

- Shoe designer *

Henry Golding Henry Ewan Golding (born 5 February 1987) is a Malaysian-British actor and television host. Golding has been a presenter on BBC's ''The Travel Show'' since 2014. He is known for his film work, playing the role of Nick Young in ''Crazy Rich Asia ...

- Actor, model and television host *

Stephen Rahman-Hughes Stephen Rahman-Hughes (born 26 January 1970) is an English–Malaysian actor and singer. He is known for his roles as DCI Vikesh Dasari in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' and Adam Bateman in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Career In ...

- Actor * Syed Adney Syed Hussein - Footballer * Sultanah Helen Ibrahim - Malaysian royalty * Raja Petra Kamarudin - Politician *

Sybil Kathigasu Sybil Medan Kathigasu George Medal, GM (née Daly; 3 September 1899 - 12 June 1948) was a British Malaya, Malayan Eurasian nurse who supported the resistance during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. She is the only British Malaya, Malayan wo ...

- The only Malayan woman to be awarded the

George Medal The George Medal (GM), instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI,''British Gallantry Medals'' (Abbott and Tamplin), p. 138 is a decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, awarded for gallantry, typically by civilians, or in cir ...

for bravery *

Shaun Maloney Shaun Richard Maloney (born 24 January 1983) is a Scottish football coach and former player. Maloney played for Celtic, Aston Villa, Wigan Athletic, Chicago Fire, Hull City and the Scotland national team as an attacking midfielder or winger. ...

- Footballer * Sherson Lian - Malaysian chef and television host * Norman Musa - Chef/Restaurateur *

Ida Nerina Ida Nerina binti Hussain (born 13 January 1964), better known by her stage name Ida Nerina, is a Malaysian actress, producer and director. Biography Ida Nerina's career in TV and films began in the early 1990s. In 1992, she was nominated ...

- Actress *

Nigel Ng Nigel Ng Kin-ju ( ; born 15 March 1991) is a Malaysian stand-up comedian and Internet celebrity based in England. Ng is better known by his online persona Uncle Roger, a stereotypical middle-aged Asian man reviewing Asian food recipes who s ...

- Comedian *

Julia Rais Yang Amat Berbahagia Cik Puan Julia Aishah Binti Abdul Rais, known professionally as Julia Rais, (born 19 February 1971) is a Malaysian former model and actress. She is a member of the Bendahara dynasty as the second wife of Abdullah of Pahang ...

- Actress and Malaysian princess *

Zuleikha Robinson Zuleikha Robinson (born 29 June 1977) is a British actress. She first came to attention as Yves Adele Harlow, a mysterious thief on the 2001 series ''The Lone Gunmen''. She has appeared in the films '' Hidalgo'' (2004), ''The Merchant of Venice ...

- English actress and singer * Elaine Tan - Actress *

Phil Wang Philip Nathaniel Wang Sin Goi (born 22 January 1990) is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, '' Daphne Sounds Expensive''. He cu ...

- Comedian * James Wong - Ethnobotanist * Pik-Sen Lim - Actress *

Christina Jordan Christina Sheila Jordan is a Malaysian-born British politician. She served as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 2019 to 2020. Early life Christina Sheila Jordan was born in Malaysia. She worked a ...

- British politician

References

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