Tejeda Last Name Facts and Heraldry

The spelling Tejeda grew out of Tejada, a Spanish surname with a long paper trail. Taken at its root, Tejeda points to “Tiled place”.

• Tejeda ranked 2,541 in the 2010 US Census, with 14,240 people answering to the name. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 96% of the total. Spanish statistics put 3,563 people with Tejeda in first position and 3,542 in second.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• The two spellings differ in a small detail: Tejeda has “e” where Tejada has “a”.

Heraldry and the Tejeda name

Arms linked to Tejada and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Tejeda family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.