# Ochoa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ochoa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 78,677 |
| US rank (2010) | 408 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,924 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (57,210 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈt͡ʃoʊə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Ochoa, from Basque otsoa, otxoa (“wolf”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ochoa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ochoa in the United States, Argentina and Mexico.

## People named Ochoa

- Ellen Ochoa, American engineer and former astronaut
- Ryan Ochoa, American actor
- Pedro Ochoa, Argentine footballer (1908-1947)
- Raymond Ochoa, American actor
- Armando Xavier Ochoa, Bishop of Fresno
- Jesús Ochoa, actor

## Similar surnames

Ochs, O'Shea, Oaks, Owusu, Ogg, Ogawa, Osei, Ouk, Ojo, Okoye, Oak, Oja.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.