Tejada is a surname of

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origin. It is locational from the town of Tejada.

Distribution

The distribution of Spanish births, are most common in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...

with 9.57% of people with the surname and it being their first surname,

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...

(7.90%),

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

(7.85%),

Granada Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...

(6.83%) and

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The populatio ...

(6.71%).Spanish surname: Territorial distribution within Spain.

People

Cosme Gómez Tejada de los Reyes Cosme Gómez Tejada de los Reyes (died c.1661) was a writer, poet and dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age The Spanish Golden Age ( es, Siglo de Oro, links=no , "Golden Century") is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coi ...

(died c. 1661), Spanish writer, poet and dramatist *

Manuel de Velasco y Tejada Manuel de Velasco y Tejada commanded the Spain, Spanish fleet during the Battle of Vigo Bay (1702), which occurred during the War of Spanish Succession. in 1708 he bought the title of Governorate of the Río de la Plata, Governor of the Río de la ...

(born 17th c.), Spanish commander * Martín Fernández de Navarrete y Ximénez de Tejada (1765–1844), Spanish sailor and historian * Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (1812–1861), Mexican statesman and leader of the Revolution of Ayutla * Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (composer) (1869–1941), Mexican composer *

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral (; 24 April 1823 – 21 April 1889) was Mexican liberal politician and jurist who served as the 27th president of Mexico from 1872 to 1876. A successor to Benito Juárez, who died in office in July 1872, Ler ...

(1823–1889), jurist and Liberal president of Mexico *

Manuel Aguirre de Tejada Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (28 December 1827, Ferrol, Galicia – 9 April 1911) was a Spanish politician and lawyer. He was Foreign Minister during the reign of Alfonso XII, and Minister of Justice during the regency of Maria Christina of Aust ...

(1827–1911) Spanish politician and lawyer * José Joaquín Tejada (1867–1934), Cuban painter *

José Luis Tejada Sorzano José Luis Tejada Sorzano (12 January 1882 – 4 October 1938) was a Bolivian lawyer, economist, and politician who served as the 34th president of Bolivia from 1934 to 1936. The last president to be a member of the Liberal Party, Tejada So ...

(1882–1938), 34th President of Bolivia, 23rd Vice President of Bolivia *

Gabriel Gosálvez Tejada In Abrahamic religions ( Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ ...

(1899–1957), Bolivian economist and diplomat * Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola (1917–1978), Spanish scholar and politician *

Lidia Gueiler Tejada Lidia Gueiler Tejada (28 August 1921 – 9 May 2011) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 56th president of Bolivia on an interim basis from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia's first female Head of State, and the second female republican He ...

(1921–2011), 56th President of Bolivia * Luis García Meza Tejada (1929–2018), 57th President of Bolivia * Raquel Tejada (1940–2023), American actress * Alberto Tejada Noriega (born 1956), Peruvian football referee *

John Tejada John Tejada (born 21 April 1974) is an Austrian-born American electronic music producer and composer. Tejada's output of music began in 1994, including four albums for Kompakt, plus releases on Pokerflat, Cocoon, Plug Research, Seventh City, Playh ...

(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

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