Shephard is used as a family name or surname in Dominican Republic. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shephard
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Dominican Republic
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shephard

How popular is Shephard?

Shephard is common in Dominican Republic.

Shephard is ranked 29444 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shephard bearers increased by 5.215524 per cent in 2010 US census to 6859 since 2000, the surname slipped by 155 spots and ranked at 5105. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.24 64.34
Black 30.06 30.13
Hispanic or Latino 3.54 2.61
Others 2.64 1.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.08 0.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.26
Shephard is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Dominican Republic is ahead in terms of density. Around 17117 people have been found who wears Shephard as their family name. Shephard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
823,980 India6
8,411 Costa Rica4
114,007 Czech Republic4
10,542 China4
19,452 Malaysia3
7,619 Ecuador3
17,692 Armenia2
1,472 The Bahamas2
50,640 Switzerland2
34,681 Norway2
1,389 Barbados2
124,220 Italy2
20,837 Venezuela2
12,172 Ghana2
35,969 Denmark2
120,357 Argentina1
11,486 Estonia1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Isle of Man1
53,033 Nigeria1
169,904 Brazil1
30,360 Thailand1
1,254 Gibraltar1
25,721 Egypt1
7,191 Afghanistan1
6,212 Jamaica1
408 Åland1
11,510 Oman1
9,591 Panama1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
56,169 Mexico1
8,181 Botswana1
1,819 Laos1
28,365 Kenya1
10,958 Bangladesh1
13,447 Uganda1
29,046 Japan1
36,678 Singapore1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
37,493 Austria1
14,618 Guyana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
44,472 Spain46
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
50,826 Zimbabwe19
173,579 Ukraine18
69,202 Netherlands18
1,286 Malta16
7,235 Trinidad and Tobago12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,532 Scotland79
2,801 Northern Ireland72
3,881 Hong Kong59
181,712 Russia52
Countries with hundreds of Shephard:
5,553 Canada785
10,560 South Africa603
27,627 Turkey175
5,115 New Zealand149
2,662 Wales147
71,225 Germany134
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Shephard:
4,965 United States7,981
2,281 England3,479
1,847 Australia1,716
790 Dominican Republic1,298
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Richard Shephard was 28 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 29, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as farmer and took Arrick from Belfast. John Shephard (40) Immigrant, Betsy Shephard (39) Immigrant, Mary Shephard, aged 16, Thomas Shephard, aged 4, Francis Shephard (Born at sea) Infant, William Shephard, aged 24, 25 years old Sarah Shephard, Mechanic William Shephard, and 1 other Shephard around 42.86% of whom were workman while others worked as mechanic migrated to US.

Shephard Namesakes

  • Ben Shephard, Television presenter
  • Ben Shephard, Television presenter
  • Gillian Shephard, Politician
  • Michelle Shephard, Reporter
  • Gillian Shephard, Politician
  • Ben Shephard, Television presenter
  • Ben Shephard, Television presenter
  • Gillian Shephard, Politician
  • Greer Shephard, Television producer
  • Scott Shephard, Musical Artist
  • In 2007, Adam Shephard portrayed the role of Gabe Townsend in thriller movie Postpartum.

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