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    The surname Shepardson

    A surname, carried by 1,594 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S163

    Shepardson: #17,625 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shepardson #17,625, 1,594 people Shepardson: #17,625 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shepardson #17,625, 1,594 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shepardson is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,594 people named Shepardson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,556.

    #17,625
    rank among US surnames
    1,594
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,880)

    Who is named Shepardson

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Shepardson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shepardsons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nettspend
      American rapper (born 2007)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shepardson

    Shepardson has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shepardson?
    1,594 people in the United States had the surname Shepardson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. It ranked 17,625th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shepardson?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shepardson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Shepardson?
    Nettspend, American rapper (born 2007).
    Where is the surname Shepardson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shepardson in the United States.
    Is the surname Shepardson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,594 in 2010, up 2.4%.