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    The surname Tejada

    A Spanish surname, carried by 14,903 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T230

    Tejada: #2,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tejada #2,432, 14,903 people Tejada: #2,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tejada #2,432, 14,903 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tejada is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Tejada.

    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 14,903 people named Tejada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,717 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,700.

    #2,432
    rank among US surnames
    14,903
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,372)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,423Brower14,95020,652
    #2,424Yazzie14,94920,653
    #2,425Strange14,94820,655
    #2,426Boles14,94620,657
    #2,427Mares14,93120,678
    #2,428Wilburn14,92820,682
    #2,429Malik14,92520,686

    Who is named Tejada

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

    91% of people named Tejada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.4%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Tejadas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rubén Tejada
      Baseball player, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tejada

    Tejada has the Soundex code T230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T230.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tejada come from?
    From Spanish Tejada.
    How common is the surname Tejada?
    14,903 people in the United States had the surname Tejada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,717 Americans. It ranked 2,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tejada?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Tejada identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Tejada?
    Rubén Tejada, baseball player.
    Where is the surname Tejada most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tejada in Panama.
    Is the surname Tejada getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,903 in 2010, up 54%.