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The Schepers surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,069 people carried this name — #22,461 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 2,946 people named Schepers live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Limburg 1,719
Antwerp 486
Flemish Brabant 473
Liège 126
East Flanders 54
Hainaut 42
Walloon Brabant 18
West Flanders 16

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Schepers.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Nord 25
Calvados 7
Pas-de-Calais 6
Paris 5
Val-d’Oise 3
Aisne 3
Dordogne 3
Yvelines 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Schepers in American newspapers,
1896–1962.

Newspaper page from The Marshall Republican carrying the name Schepers
The Marshall Republican 1901-12-20
Newspaper page from The Daily Gate City And Constitution-Democrat carrying the name Schepers
The Daily Gate City And Constitution-Democrat 1918-05-28
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Schepers
Le Messager 1929-01-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,141 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schepers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Willem Bastiaensz Schepers
    Willem Bastiaensz Schepers 1619–1704 · businessperson
  • Jacobus Gerardus Schepers
    Jacobus Gerardus Schepers 1798–1863 · Catholic priest
  • Heinrich Schepers
    Heinrich Schepers 1925–2020 · university teacher
  • Wim Schepers
    Wim Schepers 1943–1998 · sport cyclist
  • John Schepers
    John Schepers 1944–1995 · sport cyclist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 42 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Schepers.

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