Ochoa
Ochoa is a family name that is particularly common in the Spanish-speaking area .
Origin and meaning
Ochoa is derived from a Basque nickname meaning " wolf ".
Name bearer
- Amparo Ochoa (1946-1994), Mexican singer
- Armando Xavier Ochoa (* 1943), American priest, Bishop of Fresno
- Arnaldo Ochoa (1930-1989), Cuban general
- Carlos Ochoa (* 1980), Venezuelan racing cyclist
- Carlos Ochoa Mendoza (* 1978), Mexican football player
- Daniel Ochoa (* 1979), German song, concert and opera singer (baritone)
- David Ochoa (* 2001), American football goalkeeper
- Eduardo López Ochoa (1877–1936), Spanish general
- Eliades Ochoa (* 1946), Cuban guitarist and singer
- Ellen Ochoa (* 1958), American astronaut
- Eugenio de Ochoa (1815–1872), Spanish writer and critic
- Fabio Ochoa Restrepo (1923–2002), patriarch of the Colombian Ochoa family
- Fabio Ochoa Vásquez (* 1957), Colombian drug dealer
- Federico Ochoa (* 1940), Mexican football player and coach
- Florencio Olvera Ochoa (* 1933), Mexican clergyman, former bishop of Cuernavaca
- Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (* 1929), Colombian football player and coach
- Guillermo Ochoa (* 1985), Mexican soccer goalkeeper
- Iñaki Ochoa de Olza (1967-2008), Spanish extreme mountaineer
- Israel Ochoa (* 1964), Colombian road cyclist
- José Manuel Ochoa Bojórquez , Mexican film producer, director and screenwriter, see José Bojórquez
- Juan Cruz Ochoa (* 1979), Spanish football player
- Leonorilda Ochoa Pagaza (1937-2016), Mexican actress
- Lorena Ochoa (* 1981), Mexican golfer
- Luis G. Zorrilla Ochoa , (1930-2008), Mexican Ambassador
- Manuel López Ochoa (1933–2011), Mexican actor and singer
- Mario Ochoa (* 1927), Mexican soccer player
- Óscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa (* 1962), Colombian bishop
- Raymond Ochoa (* 2001), American actor and voice actor
- Richard Ochoa (1984-2015), Venezuelan racing cyclist
- Ryan Ochoa (* 1996), American actor and voice actor
- Severo Ochoa (1905-1993), Spanish-American biochemist
- Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (* 1962), Colombian Bishop of Málaga-Soatá
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ochoa on surnames.behindthename.com (Engl.)