How common is the last name Shepard?

36,770 people in the United States have the last name Shepard, about 1 in 8,129. It ranks #928 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHEPARD

#928

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
36,770
About
1 in 8,129
This common or more
38.9%
Who bears it

Of the 36,770 people with the last name Shepard, 74.4% reported their origin as White, 16% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shepard

#926 Mckay · 36,937#927 Dunlap · 36,873#929 Sun · 36,735#930 Dang · 36,719

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shepard, most common first.

#552 Shepherd · 59,896#977 Sheppard · 35,274#5,335 Shephard · 6,306#18,041 Shepperd · 1,524#23,036 Sheperd · 1,141#45,922 Shepheard · 501#63,720 Shapard · 338#89,231 Sheppeard · 223

Also a first name

As a first name, Shepard ranks #7,696 of 53,615, with 1,955 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 268 births. See Shepard as a first name

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