Tejada (surname)

Tejada is a surname of Spanish origin. It is locational from the town of Tejada, and is recorded heraldically both in La Rioja, Seville and Castille.^[1]

The distribution of Spanish births, are most common in Seville with (9.57%) of people with the surname and it being their first surname, Madrid (7.90%) Barcelona (7.85%), Granada (6.83%) and Badajoz (6.71%).^[2]

People

• Rick Tejada
• Cosme Gómez Tejada de los Reyes (died c. 1661), Spanish writer, poet and dramatist
• Manuel de Velasco y Tejada (born 17th c.)Spanish commander
• Martín Fernández de Navarrete y Ximénez de Tejada (1765–1844), was a Spanish sailor and historian
• Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (1812–1861), Mexican statesman and leader of the Revolution of Ayutla
• Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (composer) (1812-1861), Mexican composer
• Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823–1889), jurist and Liberal president of Mexico
• Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1827–1911) Spanish politician and lawyer
• José Joaquín Tejada (1867–1934), Cuban painter
• José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1882–1938), President of Bolivia
• Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola (1917-1978), Spanish scholar and politician
• Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921-2011), President of Bolivia
• Luis García Meza Tejada (born 1932), former Bolivian dictator
• Raquel Tejada (born 1940), Spanish-American actress
• Alberto Tejada Noriega (born 1956), former Peruvian football referee
• John Tejada (born 1974), Mexican-American music producer
• Miguel Tejada (born 1974), Dominican baseball player
• Carlos Tejada (born 1980), Venezuelan volleyball player
• Luis Tejada (born 1982), Panamanian football striker
• Francisco Jiménez Tejada (born 1986) Spanish footballer
• Rubén Tejada (born 1989), Panamanian baseball player

References

Look up tejada in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.