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    The surname Shepler

    A surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S146

    Shepler: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shepler #13,627, 2,222 people Shepler: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shepler #13,627, 2,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shepler is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,222 people named Shepler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,110.

    #13,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,222
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,266)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Shepler

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

    96% of people named Shepler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shepler

    Shepler has the Soundex code S146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S146.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shepler?
    2,222 people in the United States had the surname Shepler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shepler?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shepler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Shepler getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 5.3%.