Scheper
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German Scheper (“shepherd”) (compare English Shepherd) or from Dutch schipper (“captain (of a ship)”) (compare English Skipper).
Proper noun
Scheper (plural Schepers)
- A surname from Dutch or German Low German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Scheper is the 39837th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 551 individuals. Scheper is most common among White (94.74%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scheper”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Schaap + -er, related to High German Schäfer.
Noun
Scheper m (plural Schepers) (German Low German)
See also
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from German Low German
- English terms derived from German Low German
- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Dutch
- English surnames from German Low German
- Low German terms suffixed with -er
- Low German lemmas
- Low German nouns
- Low German masculine nouns
- German Low German