South of sri lanka was connected to kerala,and top was with Tamil nadu is the old
India.
Kerala people have long names with there ares and house names in there full names similar to the Sinhala sri lankans
[[Malayali (Kerala) names
Most Keralites, like in the case of Telugus, have a family name. Most of the family names are of obscure origin, but many have geographical origins e.g., Vadakkedath (from the North), Puthenveetil (from the new house), etc. Traditionally the full names followed one of three patterns]]