Mojica
A Spanish surname that likely began as a place-based name, especially tied to the town of Mojica in the region of Castile/Spain or to local place names that shared the same form.
The #2,450 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 20,950 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Mojica is a Spanish surname whose most likely source is a habitational name, meaning it originally identified someone from a place called Mojica or from a similarly named locality. The underlying place-name itself is not entirely certain from surname evidence alone, but Spanish surnames of this type typically arose from villages, estates, or geographic features. In some cases, surnames like this can also be linked to regional nicknames or to a diminutive place-form, but the locational explanation is the safest general reading.
History
The surname is found in Spanish-speaking regions and later spread widely through migration to the Americas. In modern times it is especially associated with Latin American communities and with Hispanic families in the United States. Because the name is relatively uncommon, many bearers today likely descend from a smaller number of regional family lines rather than from many unrelated origins.
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Fun fact
The name is uncommon enough in the U.S. that most people with it can often trace it to Hispanic or Spanish colonial family histories rather than to multiple independent origins.