A Spanish surname from the Basque region of northern Spain. The Ochoa name comes from the Latin terms ‘lupus‘, ‘otsoa’ and ‘otxoa’ which refer to a wolf. The spelling variations for Ochoa include Ochoki, Ocho, Oglo, Ogea and Ogeo. The name is very popular in Spain, especially in the Basque area and Portugal. When Ochoa families resettled in the Western Hemisphere, they lived in Nicaragua, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Columbia, Chile and Venezuela. In the United Kingdom the main location for those with the Ochoa family name is in Monmouthshire in Wales. Within the United States the Ochoa name is centered in Arizona, Texas, California, Florida, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada and Kansas. Famous: Ryan Ochoa (actor), Samuel Ochoa (soccer player from Mexico), Lorena Ochoa (professional golfer from Mexico), Ellen Ochoa (astronaut), Alex Ochoa (professional baseball player), Carla Ochoa (fashion model of Chile), Eliades Ochoa (musician and singer from Cuba) and Francisco Fernandez Ochoa (champion alpine skier from Spain).