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    The surname Shepley

    An English surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S140

    Shepley: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shepley #23,019, 1,110 people Shepley: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shepley #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shepley is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,110 people named Shepley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,071.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,427)

    Who is named Shepley

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

    96% of people named Shepley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shepleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ether Shepley
      American politician (1789-1877)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shepley

    Shepley has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shepley come from?
    From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
    How common is the surname Shepley?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Shepley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shepley?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shepley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Shepley?
    Ether Shepley, American politician (1789-1877).
    Where is the surname Shepley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shepley in the United States.
    Is the surname Shepley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 3.6%.