The Tejada surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,903 people carried this name — #2,432 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,800 people counted. That is up 54% from 9,700 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 14,328 people named Tejada 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 San Juan.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
114 people named Tejada live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 44 people named Tejada.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 print
Tejada in American newspapers,
1871–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,108 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tejada,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pepe Marchena 1903–1976 · actor -
María Urbelina Tejada 1922–2015 · politician -
Iván Tejada d. 2026 · dancer
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José Francisco Martínez de Tejada y Díez de Velasco 1686–1760 · Catholic priest
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José Francisco Martínez de Tejada y Díez de Velasco 1689–1760 · Catholic priest
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Manuel Tejada 1838– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Tejada,
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 States169 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 109
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 25
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 20
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Henry Leroy TejadaBorn 1949; from Las Vegas, New Mexico. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Bonifacio B. TejadaBorn 1907. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; farm hand from Monterey County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, 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 Elkin E. TejadaU.S. Army veteran. Born 1954, died 2000; buried at All Saints Cemetery, Jensen Beach, Florida.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 169 records for Tejada 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 Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France16 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Elisa TejadaBorn 1929 in Les Ilhes; died 2000 in Lézignan-Corbières (Aude).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Amadeo Fidel TejadaBorn 1911 in Spain; died 1993 in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Maria Jesus Tomasa TejadaBorn 1907 in Spain; died 1999 in Bidart (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 16 records for Tejada 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 Tejada.
- Tedder 5,500 · U.S. census
- Tedeschi 2,321 · U.S. census
- Tedesco 6,133 · U.S. census
- Teel 7,814 · U.S. census
- Teeter 5,892 · U.S. census
- Teixeira 8,895 · U.S. census
- Tejeda 14,240 · U.S. census
- Tejedor 173 · U.S. census
- Tejero 372 · U.S. census
- Tekin 310 · U.S. census
- Telemaque 425 · U.S. census
- Tell 1,536 · U.S. census
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