Last name: SHEPHERD
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SHEPHERD : This last name is indexed 368,754 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SHEPHERD : 1: English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English schepeherde ‘shepherd’ (Old English scēaphyrde scēap‐weard).2: Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘shepherd’ for example German and Jewish Schäfer (see Schaefer).
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