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    The surname Shephard

    A surname, carried by 6,859 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S163

    Shephard: #5,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shephard #5,105, 6,859 people Shephard: #5,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shephard #5,105, 6,859 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shephard is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,859 people named Shephard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,013 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,519.

    #5,105
    rank among US surnames
    6,859
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,950)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,100Desantiago6,86444,980
    #5,101Hang6,86344,987
    #5,103Tsang6,86045,007
    #5,105Large6,85945,013
    #5,107Quiles6,85845,020

    Who is named Shephard

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

    62% of people named Shephard identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shephards

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Quinn Shephard
      American actress, filmmaker and film editor (born 1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shephard

    Shephard 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 Shephard?
    6,859 people in the United States had the surname Shephard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,013 Americans. It ranked 5,105th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shephard?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Shephard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shephard?
    Quinn Shephard, American actress, filmmaker and film editor (born 1995).
    Where is the surname Shephard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shephard in the United States.
    Is the surname Shephard getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,859 in 2010, up 5.2%.