The Ocana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,064 people carried this name — #14,468 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 37% from 1,508 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ocana surname
A surname transferred from the place name originating from Castilla-La Mancha.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ocaña» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,344 people named Ocana 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 114 people named Ocana.
52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Hérault.
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
43 people named Ocana live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ocana.
- Obin 192 · U.S. census
- Oblinger 440 · U.S. census
- Obradovic 403 · U.S. census
- Obrecht 785 · U.S. census
- Obringer 561 · U.S. census
- Obry 143 · U.S. census
- Occhipinti 1,290 · U.S. census
- Ochoa 78,677 · U.S. census
- Ochs 5,901 · U.S. census
- Ochsenbein 181 · U.S. census
- Octave 358 · U.S. census
- Oddo 2,663 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ocana is.
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