The Tejeda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,240 people carried this name — #2,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,700 people counted. That is up 41% from 10,071 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 8,895 people named Tejeda 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named Tejeda live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 print
Tejeda in American newspapers,
1896–1932.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Tejeda,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Tejeda 1916–1972 · writer -
Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario 1934–2024 · Catholic priest -
Frank Tejeda 1945–1997 · lawyer -
Enrique Tejeda 1905– · sport shooter
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Juan Tejeda: Autorretrato hecho por mi padre (soy el titular de los derechos), CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); Príamo Pericles Tejeda Rosario: IacobusL, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 34 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Tejeda,
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 States116 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 79
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 19
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Pedro I. TejedaBorn 1916 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; auto plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Fort Rosecrans 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 Edward R. TejedaU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1984; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Josefina TejedaBorn 1855 in Ciudad Tru, Mexico. Entered the United States at Miami in 1950. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Showing 3 of 116 records for Tejeda 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. 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).
France4 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jose TejedaBorn 1946 in Spain; died 1998 in Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Eliane Elise Eugenie TejedaBorn 1935 in Les Ferres; died 1977 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Encarnation TejedaBorn 1906 in Spain; died 1991 in Thionville (Moselle).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Tejeda 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 Tejeda.
- 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
- Tejada 14,903 · 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
- Tella 435 · U.S. census
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