Ojeda (surname)
# 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:

* 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 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
