# Shepperd (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shepperd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,179 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,000 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 261,871 people |
| Change since 2000 | -21.9% (1,509 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From shepherd.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shepperd in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Shepard, Sheppard, Sheperd, Shepherd, Shephard, Shepardson, Schubert, Seibert, Seifert, Swafford, Spradlin, Siebert.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.