| Malayalam Dialects | Country | Population |
| Mappila | India | 9,848,000 |
| Nair | India | 7,589,000 |
| Ilavan | India | 6,537,000 |
| Syrian Christian | India | 4,195,000 |
| Malabar Catholic | India | 3,018,000 |
| Pulayan unspecified | India | 1,253,000 |
| Viswakarma Asari | India | 785,000 |
| Cherumar Christian | India | 519,000 |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | India | 478,000 |
| Cheruman (Hindu traditions) | India | 422,000 |
| Velakkithalanayan | India | 408,000 |
| Malayali, Malayalam | Malaysia | 373,000 |
| Malayali | United Arab Emirates | 316,000 |
| Mannan, caste | India | 315,000 |
| Kanakkan | India | 287,000 |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions) | India | 261,000 |
| Veluthadanayar | India | 230,000 |
| Arayan | India | 229,000 |
| Viswakarma Thattan | India | 228,000 |
| Viswakarma Kollan | India | 216,000 |
| Malayali | Oman | 214,000 |
| Ambalavasi | India | 179,000 |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | India | 179,000 |
| Brahmin Pancha Dravida | India | 163,000 |
| Nair Anthur | India | 145,000 |
| Pulayan Thanda | India | 142,000 |
| Vettuvan | India | 130,000 |
| Kaniyan | India | 115,000 |
| Brahmin Nambudiri | India | 108,000 |
| Valan | India | 103,000 |
| Perumannan | India | 100,000 |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions) | India | 98,000 |
| Velan | India | 96,000 |
| Malayali | United States | 88,000 |
| Urali | India | 80,000 |
| Malayali | Qatar | 74,000 |
| Lakshadweep | India | 69,000 |
| Krishnanvak | India | 67,000 |
| Arasar Christian | India | 65,000 |
| Ilavathi | India | 60,000 |
| Viswakarma Kallasari | India | 60,000 |
| Brahmin Muttad | India | 55,000 |
| Malayali | Bahrain | 54,000 |
| Eluthassan | India | 48,000 |
| Cheruman (Muslim traditions) | India | 47,000 |
| Kalladi | India | 46,000 |
| Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) | India | 45,000 |
| Malayan, caste | India | 39,000 |
| Malai Arayan | India | 38,000 |
| Ilayathu | India | 37,000 |
| Ilavaniyan | India | 35,000 |
| Kavuthiyan | India | 34,000 |
| Pandaram | India | 32,000 |
| Brahmin Potti | India | 31,000 |
| Malayali | Singapore | 28,000 |
| Muthuvan | India | 28,000 |
| Chavalakkaran | India | 24,000 |
| Karimpalan | India | 23,000 |
| Malayali | Myanmar (Burma) | 23,000 |
| Pathiyan | India | 21,000 |
| Gavara | India | 20,000 |
| Mala Vettuvan | India | 20,000 |
| Malayali | Canada | 20,000 |
| Arasar | India | 19,000 |
| Malai Vedan | India | 19,000 |
| Ulladan | India | 19,000 |
| Adiyan | India | 18,000 |
| Ayyanavar | India | 18,000 |
| Kakkalan | India | 15,000 |
| Viswakarma Vilkurup | India | 14,000 |
| Thandan (Christian traditions) | India | 13,000 |
| Jewish, Cochin | Israel | 12,000 |
| Panditattan | India | 12,000 |
| Kallasari | India | 11,000 |
| Mannan, tribal | India | 11,000 |
| Mappila | Sri Lanka | 11,000 |
| Kootan | India | 10,000 |
| Marakkan (Hindu traditions) | India | 10,000 |
| Viswakarma Kallan Muppan | India | 10,000 |
| Padannan | India | 9,600 |
| Muthan | India | 7,900 |
| Palluvan | India | 7,500 |
| Thandan Palakkad | India | 6,900 |
| Keralamuthali | India | 6,800 |
| Malayali | New Zealand | 6,800 |
| Valanchian | India | 6,000 |
| Thantapulayan | India | 5,800 |
| Marakkan (Christian traditions) | India | 5,700 |
| Kadan | India | 4,700 |
| Chavalakkaran Christian | India | 4,500 |
| Malai Pandaram | India | 4,400 |
| Musari | India | 4,400 |
| Vetan (Christian traditions) | India | 3,900 |
| Ajila | India | 3,800 |
| Keralamuthali Christian | India | 3,600 |
| Kurukkal | India | 3,400 |
| Kitaran | India | 3,300 |
| Malayarayar | India | 3,300 |
| Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) | India | 3,000 |
| Mukkari | India | 2,100 |
| Malayekandi | India | 2,000 |
| Kollakar | India | 1,900 |
| Shabi | India | 1,900 |
| Malayan, caste | Sri Lanka | 1,600 |
| Pulaya Vettuvan | India | 1,200 |
| Kallattu Kurup | India | 1,100 |
| Malayali | Maldives | 800 |