Malays in Spain

infobox ethnic group
group = Malay Spaniards
flagicon|Spain
pop=
popplace = Madrid, Barcelona
langs = Spanish, Malay, Indonesian, English, Dutch
rels = Buddhism (chiefly Theravada), Islam
related-c= Malays (ethnic group), Cocos Malays, Malays of Christmas Island, Malay race

Malays in Spain make up a part of overseas Malay population. Malays came to Spain from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei which were victims of World War II. Though Islam usually unites Malays, over half of Malays in Spain are Buddhists, by either professing it traditionally or converting prior to or even after immigration. Although Filipinos are also considered ethnic Malays, the Philippines is Christianized and the Filipinos who settled in Spain came after Spanish territorial control of the Philippines and were Hispanicized. Thus, Filipino Spaniards are never regarded by Spaniards as “Malays”.

In recent times, Malay settlers in Spain came from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore. Most of these live as students, academics, professionals, and workers.

Malays speak Spanish and may speak Malay language. Colonial languages may be spoken according to their origin: those of Malaysian, Singaporean, and Bruneian origin speak English as those countries were ruled by United Kingdom and those of Indonesian background speak Dutch as Indonesian was controlled by The Netherlands.