Ovando is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918–1982), Bolivian general, president and dictator Clementina Díaz y de Ovando (1916–2012), Mexican writer and researcher Diego de Cáceres y Ovando, Spanish nobleman Diego Fernández de Ovando, Spanish military and nobleman Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando (died after 1487), Spanish military and nobleman Eduardo Ovando Martínez (born 1955), Mexican politician Fernando Alfón de Ovando, Spanish military and nobleman Fernando Fernández de Ovando, Spanish diplomat and nobleman Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi (c. 1693–1755), Spanish soldier and governor of Chile Hernán Pérez de Ovando, Spanish military man and nobleman Janette Ovando (born 1977), Mexican politician Javier Ovando (born c. 1977), Honduran immigrant framed by the LAPD José Luis Ovando Patrón (born 1970), Mexican politician Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando (1592–1667), Spanish Roman Catholic prelate Neriman Ovando (born 1991), Dominican footballer Nicolás de Ovando (1460–1511), Spanish soldier and governor of the Indies Sancho Fernández de Ovando, Spanish nobleman