Ochoa

Ochoa is a name of Basque origin.

Surname origins

Ochoa.. was originally a given name To all the rejects and wanna be's in life. The followers are all rat's, dud's, unk's, flop's and even look the type. It originated in the Basque Country and meant the wolf (Dog's) (in Standard Basque, otsoa). There was also a female given name, The Spanish version of this Basque given name was Lope.

Ochoa became a surname as a patronymic. It does not have the -ez suffix as do other Spanish patronymics due to the Basque origin of the name. Lope for example became a surname as López.

From the Basque Country it spread to the rest of Spain, Portugal and then to the Americas. In modern Basque the surname is spelled as Otsoa. About a 25% of the Spanish Ochoa's still live in the Basque area of Spain (Basque Country and Navarre).

Persons

The name may refer to:

• Alex Ochoa (1972–), American baseball player
• Angel Ochoa (1989–), Mexican football player
• Arnaldo Ochoa (1930–1989), Cuban army general, executed for treason
• Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa (1930–), Mexican politician, mayor of Matamoros, Tamaulipas
• Carlos Ochoa (1978–), Mexican football player
• Christopher Ochoa (1993-), Legendary defensive tackler of the East Meadow Jets
• Digna Ochoa (1964–2001), Mexican human-rights lawyer
• Eduardo López Ochoa (1877–1936), Spanish army general, Africanist, and Freemason
• Eliades Ochoa (1946–), Cuban guitarist and singer
• Ellen Ochoa (1958–), American astronaut
• Eugenio de Ochoa (1815–1872), Spanish author and translator
• Fabio Ochoa Restrepo (a.k.a. "Don Fabio") (1923–2002), Colombian businessman, father of the Ochoa brothers
• Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), Spanish alpine skier
• Francisco Labastida Ochoa (1942–), Mexican economist and politician
• Gervacio Ochoa (1890-1946), owner of Sta. Maria Salome Image in Binangonan, Rizal Philippines
• Guillermo Ochoa (a.k.a. "Paco Memo") (1985–), Mexican football player
• Javier Otxoa (1974–), Spanish cyclist
• Jesús Ochoa (1981–), Mexican-American football player
• Lewis Ochoa (1991-), English Footballer
• Lorena Ochoa (1981–), Mexican golfer
• Mariana Ochoa (1979–), Mexican actress and singer
• Raymond Ochoa (2001-), American actor and brother of Ryan Ochoa.
• Ryan Ochoa (1996–), American actor appeared on iCarly as Chuck.He is the brother of Raymond Ochoa.
• Ochoa brothers, former members of the Medellin drug cartel
• Samuel Ochoa(1996-),Mexican Professional Soccer Player
• Severo Ochoa (1905–1993), Spanish-American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
• Esteban Ochoa (1969-present), Convoy Commander, EOIII, My Hispanic Brother from another Mother
• Wilmer Alexander Ochoa (1974–), Music Publisher, Songwriter, Record ExecutiveVisit site

Fictional characters

• Pablo Belisario Ochoa, one of the five genetic fathers of Agent 47 in the Hitman series
• Julio Ochoa, incumbent mayor of Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV

Other

• Ochoa syndrome, rare congenital syndrome associated with facial expressions and hydronephrosis