The SHEPHERD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	57,935	515	0.021	215
United States (1880 census)	13,252	446	0.027	265
Change since 1880	+44683	-69	-0.006	-50
Other Countries
Australia	6,094	220	0.037	373
United Kingdom	27,088	191	0.059	590

Top States for SHEPHERD by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Ohio	4,919	229	0.043	433
California	3,681	906	0.011	109
Texas	3,660	724	0.018	176
Kentucky	3,110	157	0.077	769
Indiana	3,047	199	0.050	501
Top States for SHEPHERD by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Kentucky	3,110	157	0.077	769
Utah	1,418	146	0.063	635
Indiana	3,047	199	0.050	501
Ohio	4,919	229	0.043	433
Arkansas	1,008	337	0.038	377

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called SHEPHERD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called SHEPHERD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called SHEPHERD in Ohio than any other state, but you are more likely to find a SHEPHERD by picking someone at random in Kentucky than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of SHEPHERD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the SHEPHERD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the SHEPHERD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of SHEPHERD in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	898	1.55
White (Hispanic)	776	1.34
Native American/Alaskan	585	1.01
Asian/Pacific	220	0.38
White (Caucasian)	46,916	80.98
Black/African American	8,540	14.74

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the SHEPHERD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to SHEPHERD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as SHEPHERD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.