Surname Checker / Shepard
How Common Is the Last Name Shepard?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Shepard today
43,658
Ranked #882 of 162,254 published surnames · 13.37 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 39,430 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
76.74%
Black
17.05%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.55%
Hispanic
2.63%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.