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%).Spanish surname: Territorial distribution within Spain.
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 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 (1823–1889), jurist and Liberal president of Mexico Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1827–1911) Spanish politician and lawyer José Joaquín Tejada (1867–1934), Cuban painter José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1882–1938), 34th President of Bolivia, 23rd Vice President of Bolivia Gabriel Gosálvez Tejada (1899–1957), Bolivian economist and diplomat Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola (1917–1978), Spanish scholar and politician Lidia Gueiler Tejada (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 (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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