How Many People Have the Last Name Shepherd?
people had the surname Shepherd in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 4,878 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+2,544 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shepherd (78.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 15.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shepherd ranks #403. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 81% to 78.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shepherd grew from 57,935 people in 2000 to 60,479 in 2010 (up 4.4%), and its rank fell from #515 to #557. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 21.48 to 20.5 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 57,935 | 60,479 |
| Rank | #515 | #557 |
| Per 100,000 people | 21.48 | 20.5 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shepherd
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shepherd: S163
👤 Shepherd as a First Name
Shepherd is a first name too: about 7,515 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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