Last Name SHEPLEY

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Meaning Local: Of Shepley, a township in the parish of Kirk Burton, West Riding Yorks. Also local, 'of Shipley,' a parish in West Riding Yorks, three miles from Bradford. Both places seem to have been originally spelt Scheplay, so both Shepley and Shipley as surnames are now inextricably mixed.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 22,427 (2000 US census) 17,995 (1990 US census)
Count 1,071 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.64%, or 1035 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.75%, or 8 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.31%, or 14 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.75%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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