Tejada is a surname of Spanish origin. It is locational from the town of Tejada.
Distribution
The distribution of Spanish births, are most common in Seville with 9.57% of people with the surname and it being their first surname, Madrid (7.90%), Barcelona (7.85%), Granada (6.83%) and Badajoz (6.71%).
People
- Cosme Gómez Tejada de los Reyes (died c. 1661), Spanish writer, poet and dramatist
- Manuel de Velasco y Tejada (born 17th c.), Spanish commander
- MartÃÂn Fernández de Navarrete y Ximénez de Tejada (1765âÂÂ1844), Spanish sailor and historian
- Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (1812âÂÂ1861), Mexican statesman and leader of the Revolution of Ayutla
- Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (composer) (1869âÂÂ1941), Mexican composer
- Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823âÂÂ1889), jurist and Liberal president of Mexico
- Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1827âÂÂ1911) Spanish politician and lawyer
- José JoaquÃÂn Tejada (1867âÂÂ1934), Cuban painter
- José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1882âÂÂ1938), 34th President of Bolivia, 23rd Vice President of Bolivia
- Gabriel Gosálvez Tejada (1899âÂÂ1957), Bolivian economist and diplomat
- Francisco ElÃÂas de Tejada y SpÃÂnola (1917âÂÂ1978), Spanish scholar and politician
- Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921âÂÂ2011), 56th President of Bolivia
- Luis GarcÃÂa Meza Tejada (1929âÂÂ2018), 57th President of Bolivia
- Raquel Tejada (1940âÂÂ2023), American actress
- Alberto Tejada Noriega (born 1956), Peruvian football referee
- John Tejada (born 1974), Mexican-American music producer
- Miguel Tejada (born 1974), Dominican baseball player
- Carlos Tejada (born 1980), Venezuelan volleyball player
- Luis Tejada (born 1982), Panamanian football player
- Francisco Jiménez Tejada (born 1986), Spanish football player
- Rubén Tejada (born 1989), Panamanian baseball player
References