Teochew people

Teochew People

潮州人 / 潮汕人 / 汕頭人 / 揭阳人
Total population
25,000,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Mainland China	10 million
Hong Kong	Minority population
Thailand	Largest group of Thai Chinese
Cambodia	Largest group of Chinese Cambodians (200,000–800,000)
Singapore	One of the three largest groups of Chinese Singaporeans
Myanmar	One of the three largest groups of Burmese Chinese
Malaysia	One of the largest groups of Malaysian Chinese
Indonesia	One of the largest groups of Chinese Indonesians
Vietnam	Second largest group of Hoa people ( 34% ~250,000 )
Laos	One of the largest groups of Laotian Chinese
Philippines	Minority population
United States	Minority population
Canada	Minority population
Australia	Minority population
New Zealand	Minority population
France	Most Chinese from France are of Teochew background
Taiwan	Full assimilation into Hoklo Taiwanese society
Languages
Teochew language (including Teochew and Swatow), Standard Chinese (lingua franca) & other languages of their countries of residence
Religion
Predominantly Chinese folk religions (including Taoism, Confucianism, ancestral worship and others), Protestant, Mahayana Buddhism.
Related ethnic groups
Hokkien people, Cantonese people, Hakka people, She people

The Teochew people or Chaoshanese, Teo-Swa people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa and Cháoshàn in Modern Standard Mandarin also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names^[1]) is an ethnic group native to the historical Chaoshan region in south China^[2] who speak the Teochew language. Today, most ethnic Teochew people live throughout Chaoshan and Hong Kong, and also outside China in Southeast Asia, including in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The community can also be found in diasporas around the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and France.^[3]