Surname Checker / Sheppard
How Common Is the Last Name Sheppard?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Sheppard today
40,923
Ranked #938 of 162,254 published surnames · 12.53 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 36,960 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
67.37%
Black
26.79%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.47%
Hispanic
2.56%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.