The Mojica surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,737 people carried this name — #2,450 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,000 people counted. That is up 36% from 10,803 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,017 people named Mojica live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 44 people named Mojica.
Most of them — 29 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Mojica live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Mojica in American newspapers,
1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,206 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Mojica in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1940s.
22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mojica. The most, 18, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mojica.
Who carried it
People named Mojica,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros 1918–1989 · Catholic priest
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Dennis Mojica 1951–2001 · firefighter
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Manuel D. Mojica, Jr. 1964–2001 · firefighter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Mojica,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States228 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 100
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 56
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
- New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Raymond MojicaBorn 1918. Enlisted 1940 at Los Angeles, California; laundry worker from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Catarino MojicaU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1947, died 1999; buried at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Texas.
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Saturnia MojicaBorn 1862 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Hays County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 228 records for Mojica in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France12 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marcel Antoine MojicaBorn 1906 in Algeria; died 1993 in Bois-Guillaume (Seine-Maritime).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Louise Albertine MojicaBorn 1925 in Algeria; died 1992 in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francois Rene MojicaBorn 1930 in Algeria; died 2001 in Lorient (Morbihan).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 12 records for Mojica in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mojica.
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