Shepherd is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shepherd
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Australia
Meaning: English nickname given to a shepherd. With filial suffix Shepherdson.

How popular is Shepherd?

Shepherd is common in Australia.

Shepherd is ranked 4137 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shepherd bearers increased by 4.391128 per cent in 2010 US census to 60479 since 2000, the surname slipped by 42 spots and ranked at 557. The last name was found in around 205 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.64 80.98
Black 15.94 14.74
Hispanic or Latino 2.04 1.34
Others 1.95 1.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.89 1.01
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.38
Shepherd is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 132051 people have been found who wears Shepherd as their family name. Shepherd is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
95,557 Czech Republic6
64 Norfolk Island6
26,825 Georgia5
23,739 Nigeria5
2,011 South Korea4
13,428 Qatar4
1,372 Nepal4
2,537 Afghanistan4
59,967 Moldova4
122,390 Belarus4
32,472 Azerbaijan3
3,707 Malawi3
7,683 Latvia3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
35,184 Poland3
4,164 Vietnam2
5,217 Zambia2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,256 Myanmar2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
19,093 Finland2
162 Cook Islands2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
7,299 Estonia2
11,736 Lithuania2
12,844 Pakistan2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
3,014 Taiwan2
1,848 Madagascar2
6,266 Luxembourg2
4,249 Cambodia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
12,741 Ecuador1
573 Vanuatu1
16,228 Bulgaria1
24,771 Colombia1
6,820 Angola1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
10,190 Bahrain1
10,958 Bangladesh1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
24,421 Slovakia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
4,435 Togo1
2,196 Liberia1
12,270 Lebanon1
29,774 Venezuela1
3,952 Yemen1
24,460 Armenia1
8,859 Iraq1
1,970 Grenada1
1,879 Belize1
25,721 Egypt1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
304 Jersey44
98,632 Ukraine42
299 Isle of Man41
9,524 Portugal37
37,591 Belgium37
89,920 Germany36
29,358 United Arab Emirates35
20,103 Norway33
587 Guam32
1,506 China31
17,489 Denmark30
1,021 Malta21
3,435 Japan20
5,649 Thailand19
2,340 Iceland16
272 British Virgin Islands15
45,866 Philippines12
4,648 Costa Rica11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
27,739 Netherlands89
124,701 Russia87
430 Saint Lucia74
45,171 Tanzania73
138 Guernsey55
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Shepherd:
551 Jamaica678
5,019 Ghana559
241 Guyana551
9,056 Kenya549
149 Barbados434
22,942 France429
842 Northern Ireland382
11,880 Mexico366
18,911 Turkey314
7,190 Peru299
12,904 Spain270
3,873 Guatemala246
5,321 Hungary229
1,045 Trinidad and Tobago192
2,099 Botswana188
10,781 Zimbabwe175
11,417 Greece172
116,374 India170
2,061 Panama163
2,148 Namibia163
1,581 Hong Kong154
53,156 Italy134
333 The Bahamas133
9,948 Austria131
3,096 Ireland131
2,942 Singapore118
9,988 Switzerland117
75,961 Brazil111
8,508 Sweden109
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Shepherd:
877 Canada5,692
1,246 South Africa5,351
232 Scotland3,229
218 New Zealand2,466
2,889 Uganda1,867
222 Wales1,445
Countries with ten thousands of Shepherd:
526 United States65,701
198 England26,597
246 Australia10,721
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer Joseph Shepherd from Great Britain aboard the Aberdeen from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on December 6, 1848. John Shepherd (21) Smith, Immigrant Ellen Shepherd, Catherine Shepherd (20) Immigrant, Elizth. Shepherd, 11 years old Samuel Shepherd, Mary Shepherd (9), Ths. Shepherd, aged 6, 3 years old George Shepherd, and 37 other Shepherd around 35.29% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster migrated to US.

Shepherd Namesakes

  • Abbie Shepherd, Actress
  • Arunah Shepherdson Abell, Business person
  • Roy Shepherd, Ice hockey player
  • Adaline Shepherd, Composer
  • Suzanne Shepherd, Actress
  • Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, Politician
  • Myf Shepherd, Model
  • Amba Shepherd, Singer
  • George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd, Politician
  • Suzanne Shepherd, Actress
  • Barty Shepherd, from 2017 comedy movie The Next Big Thing, who played Ronnie.
  • In 0 action, adventure movie, Indiana Jones and the Chronicle of Peace, Danni Shepherd characterized Elisa Kroos.
  • Pastor Shepherd, from 2010 comedy film Pastor Shepherd, who played Pastor Shepherd.

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