Ojeda (surname)
Ojeda is a Spanish surname.
Geographical distribution
[edit]As of 2014, 22.7% of all known bearers of the surname Ojeda were residents of Argentina (frequency 1:458), 20.7% of Mexico (1:1,461), 10.4% of Venezuela (1:705), 7.7% of Paraguay (1:227), 7.1% of Chile (1:602), 6.9% of Colombia (1:1,693), 5.2% of Peru (1:1,482), 5.1% of Spain (1:2,237), 4.7% of the United States (1:18,710), 2.2% of Ecuador (1:1,738), 2.0% of Cuba (1:1,377), 1.3% of Bolivia (1:1,918) and 1.0% of the Philippines (1:24,752).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,237) in the following autonomous communities:
- Canary Islands (1:315)
- La Rioja (1:1,032)
- Andalusia (1:1,316)
In Paraguay, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:227) in the following departments:[1]
- Cordillera (1:155)
- Paraguarí (1:177)
- Caaguazú (1:181)
- Ñeembucú (1:205)
- Alto Paraguay (1:207)
- Central (1:209)
- Alto Paraná (1:217)
- Amambay (1:226)
- Concepción (1:227)
People
[edit]- Alonso de Ojeda (c. 1465 – 1515), Spanish explorer
- Augie Ojeda (born 1974), baseball infielder
- Bob Ojeda (born 1957), baseball pitcher
- César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta (born 1952), Mexican politician
- Eddie Ojeda (born 1955), guitarist of Twisted Sister
- Enrique García Ojeda (born 1972), Spanish rally driver
- Fabricio Ojeda (1929-1966), Venezuelan guerrilla leader, journalist and politician
- Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (1933–2005), Puerto Rican commander-in-chief of the Boricua Popular Army
- J. Enrique Ojeda (1928–2023), literary critic, born in Ecuador
- Juan Ojeda (born 1982), Argentine footballer
- Juan Ojeda (born 1998), Paraguayan footballer
- León Fidel Ojeda (born 1967), Colombian politician
- Luis Francisco Ojeda (born June 16, 1941), Puerto Rican television host
- Manuel Ojeda (1940–2022), Mexican actor
- Mario Ojeda Gómez (1927–2013), Mexican scholar
- Miguel Ojeda (born 1975), Mexican baseball catcher
- Richard Ojeda (born 1970), American politician and West Virginia state senator; does not use standard Spanish pronunciation of name [2]
- Rosa María Ojeda (born 1986), Mexican model
- Santos Ojeda (1917–2004), Cuban-American classical pianist
- Wilfred Iván Ojeda (1955–2011), Venezuelan journalist and politician
References
[edit]- ^ "Ojeda Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ojeda for U.S. Senate - I am an American Soldier. YouTube.
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