Hi: Yes, Ochoa is a spanish surname. Its origins are in the Basque Country (also spelled Otxoa), but the surname is around all the Iberian Peninsula (and islands, and south and central America...) I can't remember the meaning now. Perhaps somebody in the news would talk about this. Javier Rubio Alcala de Henares Hispania Dani <[email protected]> escribió en el mensaje de noticias [email protected] > Anyone with the surname of Ochoa? I am an Ochoa but am not familiar with > the names and spellings of the Mexican states and cities from which they > came from. My father told me that his grandfather came to the U.S. from > a place in Mexico called Carnanea. I don't think I spelled it correctly, > but I would appreciate any and all information on Ochoa's descended from > there, still living there and from anyone who can help me to find > records of Ochoas from there. > I can be reached here: > mailto:[email protected] . > Thank You, > Mrs. Danielle (Ochoa) Brown > > >>"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not > troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not > yet. For nation will rise aginst nation, and kingdom against kingdom. > And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various > places. All these are the beginning of sorrow." Matthew 24:6-9 >