Ojeda is a Spanish surname.
Geographical distribution 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: 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 Alonso de Ojeda (c. 1465–1515), Spanish explorer Augie Ojeda (born 1974), baseball player Bob Ojeda (born 1957), baseball player César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta (born 1952), Mexican politician Eddie Ojeda (born 1955), guitarist, 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), Ecuadorian literary critic Juan Ojeda (Argentine footballer) (born 1982), Argentine footballer Juan Ojeda (Paraguayan footballer) (born 1998), Paraguayan footballer León Fidel Ojeda (born 1967), Colombian politician Luis Francisco Ojeda (born 1941), Puerto Rican television host Manuel Ojeda (1940–2022), Mexican actor Mario Ojeda Gómez (1927–2013), Mexican scholar Miguel Ojeda (born 1975), Mexican baseball player Richard Ojeda (born 1970), American politician from West Virginia Rosa María Ojeda (born 1986), Mexican model Santos Ojeda (1917–2004), Cuban-American classical pianist Wilfred Iván Ojeda (1955–2011), Venezuelan journalist and politician
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