Sheppherd Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Sheppherd Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the shepherd.' With the many variants of this surname, compare Calvert for Calve-herd, Coward for Cow-herd, Stoddard for Stot-herd, &c.
Josse le Sephurde, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameSheppherd Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 138 | 1:2,626,514 | 158,538 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 22 | 1:201,358 | 9,557 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 184 | 1:132,475 | 12,229 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74 | 1:678,631 | 44,191 |
Sheppherd Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the shepherd.' With the many variants of this surname, compare Calvert for Calve-herd, Coward for Cow-herd, Stoddard for Stot-herd, &c.
Josse le Sephurde, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Margaret le Sephirde, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Walter le Schepherde, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
John le Shepherde, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.
William Shephirde, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Schephirde, 1379: ibid.
James Sheppard, of Eccles, butcher, 1614: Wills at Chester.
From the occupation of 'shepherd,' Latinized pastor in early charters. William and Walter Pastor were on inquest held at Peebles, 1262 (Peebles, 5). Henricus Scyphard held land in Elgin in 1363 (REM., p. 312), and Thomas Schiphird or Scippart witnessed inventory of the estate of Sir John Erskine of Dun, 1513 (SCM., IV, p. 16, 18). In 1538 the wife of Wille Schiphird was fined for brewing (CRA., p. 157). James and William Schiphird were tenants of Innerlochthe in 1565 (REM., p. 441), and Thomas Schipperd is recorded in Litill Innerlochte, 1594 (SCM., II, p. 122). John Schiphird was 'post' in Aberdeen in 1650 (ibid., V, p. 173), and Andrew Schippert, baxter burgess of Dundee who died in 1641 is buried in the Howff there. Gulielmus Schippert in Kynnaldie, 1643 (Inquis. Tut., 657), and Jon Shepherd in Midskeith, 1662 (Banff Rec., p, 21).
= Shephe(a)rd, q.v.
The occupation. As a surname it is often variously mis-spelt, as Shepard. Shephard, Shepheard, Sheppard, Shepperd. The H.R. forms of this name are Pastor and Le Pastur.
Shepherd,Sheppard. —This name is distributed over the greater part of England; but is absent or infrequent in the eastern counties south of the Humber. Its chief centres in the north are in Westmoreland, Lancashire, and the North and East Ridings; in the midlands, in the counties of Warwick, Northampton, and Notts; and in the south - west of England in the contiguous counties of Somerset and Gloucester. It is remarkable that its deficiency in the eastern counties is to some extent supplied by the Sheppersons of Cambridgeshire. Shepherd also is established in Scotland, but has no definite distribution, and is by no means numerous.
Sheppherd Demographics
Sheppherd Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Sheppherd Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheppherd Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheppherd occurs most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheppherd? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,198,640th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Sheppherd occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Sheppherd are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Sheppherd is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 2,626,514. In The United States Sheppherd is most numerous in: California, where 30 percent live, Oregon, where 9 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.
Sheppherd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sheppherd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheppherd last name rose 186 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheppherd Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sheppherd surname is chiefly Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sheppherd last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.
The amount Sheppherd earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 28.18% less than the national average, earning $30,988 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.34% more than the national average, earning $72,209 CAD per year.
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Sheppherd Reference & Research
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