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			India		478,000
Cheruman		India		422,000
Velakkithalanayan	India		408,000
Malayali, Malayalam	Malaysia	373,000
Malayali		UAE		316,000
Mannan, caste		India		315,000
Kanakkan		India		287,000
Thandan			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		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			India		98,000
Velan			India		96,000
Malayal	i		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 (Muslims)	India		47,000
Kalladi			India		46,000
Mukkuvan (Christians)	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		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 (Christians)	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		India		10,000
Viswakarma Kallan MuppanIndia		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 (Christians)	India		5,700
Kadan			India		4,700
Chavalakkaran Christian	India		4,500
Malai Pandaram		India		4,400
Musari			India		4,400
Vetan (Christians)	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 (Muslims)	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