Šokci

Šokci (Croatian: Šokci, Hungarian: Sokácok, Serbian: Шокци / Šokci) are an ethnographic group of South Slavs mainly identified as Croats. They are not considered a separate ethnicity in Croatia and elsewhere, while in Serbia they are recorded as an ethnic group in censuses per self-declaration. They live in various settlements along the Danube and Sava rivers in the historic regions of Slavonia, Baranya, Syrmia and western Bačka. These regions today span eastern Croatia, southeastern Hungary, eastern Romania and northern Serbia. Šokci are considered to be a native population of Slavonia and Syrmia in Croatia.

Population

Šokci are considered to be a native population of Slavonia and Syrmia in Croatia. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics does not record the Šokci as a separate narodnost (2001). According to the 2011 census in Serbia, 607 people declared as ethnic Šokci. Outside of Slavonia and Syrmia, they live in the settlements of Bački Monoštor, Sonta, Sombor, Bački Breg in Bačka, Serbia, and Hercegszántó in Hungary.