How common is the last name Sheppard?

35,274 people in the United States have the last name Sheppard, about 1 in 8,474. It ranks #977 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHEPPARD

#977

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
35,274
About
1 in 8,474
This common or more
39.5%
Who bears it

Of the 35,274 people with the last name Sheppard, 64.9% reported their origin as White, 25.7% 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 Sheppard

#975 Horne · 35,295#976 Rasmussen · 35,292#978 Woodward · 35,266#979 Mcpherson · 35,248

Spelled almost the same

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

#552 Shepherd · 59,896#928 Shepard · 36,770#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, Sheppard ranks #22,276 of 53,615, with 448 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 40 births. See Sheppard as a first name

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