Ojeda (surname)

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:
 * 1) Canary Islands (1:315)
 * 2) La Rioja (1:1,032)
 * 3) 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)
 * 2) Paraguarí (1:177)
 * 3) Caaguazú (1:181)
 * 4) Ñeembucú (1:205)
 * 5) Alto Paraguay (1:207)
 * 6) Central (1:209)
 * 7) Alto Paraná (1:217)
 * 8) Amambay (1:226)
 * 9) Concepción (1:227)

People

 * 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
 * Rosa María Ojeda (born 1986), Mexican model
 * Santos Ojeda (1917–2004), Cuban-American classical pianist
 * Wilfred Iván Ojeda (1955–2011), Venezuelan journalist and politician