Surname Checker / Shepherd
How Common Is the Last Name Shepherd?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Shepherd today
66,964
Ranked #557 of 162,254 published surnames · 20.5 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 60,479 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
78.64%
Black
15.94%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.54%
Hispanic
2.04%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.