Ochoa surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ochoa surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 57,210 people carried this name — #523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,710 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

138 people named Ochoa live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 35
Vaud 27
Geneva 17
Bern 14
Aargau 8
Ticino 7
Basel-Stadt 6
Valais 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Ochoa.

40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Gironde.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 40
Gironde 11
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 11
Hérault 8
Hautes-Pyrénées 7
Gard 6
Ille-et-Vilaine 4
Haute-Garonne 4
Paris 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Ochoa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugenio de Ochoa
    Eugenio de Ochoa 1815–1872 · writer
  • Cruz Otxoa de Zabalegi
    Cruz Otxoa de Zabalegi 1840–1911 · politician
  • Rafael de Ochoa Madrazo
    Rafael de Ochoa Madrazo 1858–1935 · painter
  • Armando da Gama Ochoa
    Armando da Gama Ochoa 1877–1941 · politician
  • Pedro Ochoa
    Pedro Ochoa 1900–1947 · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 222 lives in all are documented under this name.

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