How common is the surname Ochoa?

78,677 people in the United States had the surname Ochoa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,924 Americans. It ranked 408th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ochoa?

Ellen Ochoa, American engineer and former astronaut, followed by Ryan Ochoa.

Where is the surname Ochoa most common?

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

How do you pronounce Ochoa?

Ochoa is /oʊˈt͡ʃoʊə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Ochoa getting more or less common?

More common. 57,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 78,677 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Ochoa

A Spanish surname, carried by 78,677 people in the United States.

Pronounced /oʊˈt͡ʃoʊə/ 3 syllables Soundex O200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ochoa is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 78,677 people named Ochoa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,924 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 57,210.

#408

rank among US surnames

78,677

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+37.5%

change since 2000 (was #523)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#399	Hardy	80,252	3,847
#400	Higgins	79,803	3,869
#401	Aguirre	79,517	3,883
#402	Lin	79,508	3,883
#403	Cummings	79,316	3,893
#404	Chandler	79,186	3,899
#405	Sharp	78,990	3,909

Who is named Ochoa

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Ochoa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Ochoas

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ellen Ochoa
American engineer and former astronaut, born 1958
Ryan Ochoa
American actor, born 1996
Pedro Ochoa
Argentine footballer (1908-1947)
Raymond Ochoa
American actor, born 2001
Armando Xavier Ochoa
Bishop of Fresno, born 1943
Jesús Ochoa
Actor, born 1959

Notable Ochoas come mostly from the United States (4), Argentina (1) and Mexico (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ochoa

Ochs

Ochoa has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ochoa come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Ochoa, from Basque otsoa, otxoa (“wolf”).
How common is the surname Ochoa?: 78,677 people in the United States had the surname Ochoa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,924 Americans. It ranked 408th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ochoa?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ochoa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ochoa?: Ellen Ochoa, American engineer and former astronaut, followed by Ryan Ochoa.
Where is the surname Ochoa most common?: Wikidata records people named Ochoa in the United States, Argentina and Mexico.
How do you pronounce Ochoa?: Ochoa is /oʊˈt͡ʃoʊə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Ochoa getting more or less common?: More common. 57,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 78,677 in 2010, up 38%.