How common is the surname Sheperd?

1,341 people in the United States had the surname Sheperd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,235 Americans. It ranked 19,986th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sheperd?

Karen Sheperd, American actor and martial artist.

Where is the surname Sheperd most common?

Wikidata records people named Sheperd in the United States.

Is the surname Sheperd getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,341 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Sheperd

A surname, carried by 1,341 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheperd is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,341 people named Sheperd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,235 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,398.

#19,986

rank among US surnames

1,341

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,298)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,986	McClusky	1,341	230,235
#19,992	Couillard	1,340	230,407

Who is named Sheperd

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

74% of people named Sheperd identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheperds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karen Sheperd
American actor and martial artist, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheperd

Sheperd 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 Sheperd?: 1,341 people in the United States had the surname Sheperd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,235 Americans. It ranked 19,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheperd?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Sheperd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sheperd?: Karen Sheperd, American actor and martial artist.
Where is the surname Sheperd most common?: Wikidata records people named Sheperd in the United States.
Is the surname Sheperd getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,341 in 2010, down 4.1%.