# Scheper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scheper/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch or German Low German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 551 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,837 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 560,337 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.2% (581 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Scheper (“shepherd”) (compare English Shepherd) or from Dutch schipper (“captain (of a ship)”) (compare English Skipper).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scheper in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Schipper, Schaper, Schapiro, Schaefer, Schafer, Schaffer, Schaeffer, Sheffer, Schober, Schiffer, Scheffer, Schieber.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.