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Etymology of Ocana

What does the name Ocana mean?

Noble surnames, such as Ocana, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Ocana, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.

Early Origins of the Ocana family

The surname Ocana was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Ocana family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ocana research. Another 98 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1242, 1508, 1784 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Ocana History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ocana Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Campos, Campo, de Campos, de Campo, del Campo, Camps, Campillo, del Campillo, Ocampo, de Ocampo, Campa and many more.

Early Notables of the Ocana family

were Sebastián de Ocampo, a Spanish navigator and explorer who is generally believed to have been the first navigator to have circumnavigated the island of Cuba, in 1508 and is credited with the discovery of the Gulf of Mexico; sixteenth century historian Florián de Ocampo; seventeenth century Spanish botanist and physician Antonio Campillo y Marco; eighteenth century administrator Nicolás del Campo, Marquis of Loreto, Viceroy of Buenos Aires 1784-1789; eighteenth...
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Ocana migration to the United States +



Ocana Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Gabriel Ocana, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1803 1
  • Garcia De Ocana, who arrived in America in 1812 1
  • Juan De Ocana, who arrived in America in 1812 1
  • Lazaro De Ocana, who landed in America in 1813 1
  • Maria De Ocana, who arrived in America in 1813 1
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Ocana (post 1700) +

  • Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (1945-1994), Spanish road bicycle racer who won the 1973 Tour de France
  • Ángel Ocaña (b. 1960), Spanish former professional racing cyclist
  • Álvaro Ocaña Gil (b. 1993), Spanish professional footballer
  • Graciela Ocaña (b. 1960), Argentine politician
  • Christian Felipe Ocaña Téllez (b. 1992), former Mexican professional association football (soccer) player
  • Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro (b. 1963), former first lady of Honduras
  • Samuel Ocaña García (1931-2024), Mexican politician and doctor who served as the governor of Sonora from 1979 to 1985

RMS Titanic
  • Doña Fermina Oliva y Ocana, aged 39, Spanish First Class passenger from Madrid, Spain who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping in life boat 8 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html


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