Tejada
Encyclopedia
Tejada is a surname of Spanish
origin. It is locational from the town of Tejada, and is recorded heraldically both in La Rioja
, Seville
and Castille.
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%).
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
origin. It is locational from the town of Tejada, and is recorded heraldically both in La Rioja
La Rioja (Spain)
La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera.-History:...
, Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
and Castille.
The distribution of Spanish births, are most common in Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
with (9.57%) of people with the surname and it being their first surname, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
(7.90%) Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
(7.85%), Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital 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 confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
(6.83%) and Badajoz
Badajoz
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
(6.71%).
People
- Alberto Tejada NoriegaAlberto Tejada NoriegaAlberto Tejada Noriega is the incumbent Peruvian Minister of Health. He was also a urologist and later a football referee.-Football career:He refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in 1994 and one in 1998....
(born 1956), former Peruvian football referee - Cosme Gómez Tejada de los ReyesCosme Gómez Tejada de los ReyesCosme Gómez Tejada de los Reyes was a writer, poet and dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age....
(died c. 1661), Spanish writer, poet and dramatist - Francisco Jiménez TejadaFrancisco Jiménez TejadaFrancisco Jiménez Tejada , commonly known as Xisco, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña on loan from Newcastle United, as a striker.-Deportivo La Coruña:...
(born 1986) Spanish footballer - John TejadaJohn TejadaNormally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner...
(born 1974), Mexican-American music producer - José Joaquín TejadaJosé Joaquín TejadaJosé Joaquín Tejada was a Cuban painter. A native of Santiago de Cuba, which served as his base for the rest of his life, his initial studies were funded by a scholarship from that city's government, which allowed him to visit Spain, Italy, France, and the Netherlands...
Cuban painter - José Luis Tejada SorzanoJosé Luis Tejada SorzanoJosé Luis Tejada Sorzano was a Bolivian lawyer and politician appointed by the military as president of Bolivia during the Chaco War...
(1882–1938), President of Bolivia - Lidia Gueiler TejadaLidia Gueiler TejadaLidia Gueiler Tejada was the first female President of Bolivia, serving in an interim capacity from 1979 to 1980...
(born 1921), President of Bolivia - Luis García Meza TejadaLuis García Meza TejadaLuis García Meza Tejada is a former Bolivian dictator. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the reign of dictator Hugo Banzer...
(born 1932), former Bolivian dictator - Luis TejadaLuis TejadaLuis "Matador" Tejada is a Panamanian professional association football striker. He currently plays for Juan Aurich of the Peruvian Primera División and the Panamanian national team.-Club career:...
(born 1982), Panamanian football striker - Manuel Aguirre de TejadaManuel Aguirre de TejadaManuel Aguirre de Tejada 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 Austria....
(1827–1911) was a Spanish politician and lawyer - Martín Fernández de Navarrete y Ximénez de Tejada (1765–1844), was a Spanish sailor and historian
- Manuel de Velasco y TejadaManuel de Velasco y TejadaManuel de Velasco y Tejada commanded the Spanish fleet during the Battle of Vigo Bay , which occurred during the War of Spanish Succession....
Spanish commander - Miguel Lerdo de TejadaMiguel Lerdo de TejadaMiguel Lerdo de Tejada was a Mexican statesman, and a leader of the Revolution of Ayutla.Born in the port of Veracruz, Veracruz, both he and his younger brother, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, became leaders of Mexico's Liberal Party...
(1812–1861), Mexican statesman and leader of the Revolution of Ayutla - Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (composer)Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (composer)Miguel Lerdo de Tejada was a Mexican composer/songwriter, pianist, and conductor.Lerdo de Tejada studied in Morelia and Mexico City. One of his most popular pieces was a song Perjura, with text by Fernando Luna y Drusina. His zarzuelas were also very popular in Mexico...
was a Mexican composer - Miguel TejadaMiguel TejadaMiguel Odalis Tejada was a Major League Baseball infielder who has played for the San Francisco Giants, the San Diego Padres, the Houston Astros, the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics...
(born 1974), Dominican baseball player - Raquel TejadaRaquel WelchJo Raquel Tejada , better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in a animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. , for which she may be...
(born 1940), Spanish-American actress - Rubén TejadaRuben TejadaRubén Darío Tejada is a Panamanian professional baseball player. He played second base and shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball for most of the first half of the 2010 season....
, Panamanian baseball player - Sebastián Lerdo de TejadaSebastián Lerdo de TejadaSebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral was a jurist and Liberal president of Mexico.-Background:...
(1823–1889), jurist and Liberal president of Mexico
Places
- Taifa of TejadaTaifa of TejadaThe Taifa of Tejada was a medieval taifa kingdom that existed only from 1146 to 1150 when it was conquered by the Almohads.-Sources:* http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html...
, medieval kingdom in modern Spain - Tejada, la vieja (Huelva) archaeological site in HuelvaHuelvaHuelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...
, Spain - Lerdo de Tejada (Monterrey Metro)Lerdo de Tejada (Monterrey Metro)The Lerdo de Tejada Station is a station on Line 1 of the Monterrey Metro. It is located on Juárez and Lerdo de Tejada Avenues in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico....
- Puerto Tejada, CaucaPuerto Tejada, Cauca-History:Established on September 17 of 1897. The founder of Puerto Tejada was General Manuel Tejada Sanchez, the town was named after him. Puerto Tejada was founded to organize blacks in Colombia. During the 18th and 19th century black slaves and free blacks were revolting in this region...
, Colombia