Tejera is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tejera
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Spain
Meaning:

Family name is a form of Teixeira. One who came from Teixeira, i.e., place of yew trees, the name of several places in Portugal.

How popular is Tejera?

Tejera is common in Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina, Dominican Republic, United States, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Brazil.

Tejera is ranked 27949 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tejeras grew by 33.1 per cent to 965 since 2000 and ranked 25572 after elevating 4840 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 90.47 87.59
White 8.39 11.31
Tejera is quite popular family name mostly used in Spain however Uruguay lie ahead in terms of density. Around 19249 people have been found who wears Tejera as their family name. Tejera is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Tejera:
970 Spain5,848
90 Uruguay4,063
1,205 Venezuela2,023
703 Cuba1,704
2,382 Argentina1,499
704 Dominican Republic1,325
30,836 United States1,057
Countries with hundreds of Tejera:
2,758 Colombia830
1,150 Panama255
9,498 Mexico225
51,250 Brazil139
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,176 Paraguay80
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,744 Puerto Rico29
50,051 Belgium22
12,618 Ecuador22
114,324 England16
237,746 France16
3,592 Costa Rica13
180,238 Canada11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
27,489 Chile10
113,457 Italy9
81,336 Sweden9
101,176 Netherlands6
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Tejera Namesakes

  • Carolina Tejera, Venezuelan model and actress
  • Domingo Tejera, football player from Uruguay
  • Michael Tejera, former Major League Baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Harrisburg Senators
  • Eusebio Tejera, elpais

Tejera Namesakes

  • Carolina Tejera, Venezuelan model and actress
  • Domingo Tejera, football player from Uruguay
  • Michael Tejera, former Major League Baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Harrisburg Senators
  • Eusebio Tejera, elpais

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