Cepeda is a Spanish surname dating back to the 12th century. Notable people with the surname include:
Andrés Cepeda (born 1973), Colombian singer
Angie Cepeda (born 1974), Colombian actress
Bonny Cepeda (born 1954), Dominican Republic musician
Boris Cepeda, (born 1974), German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat
Claudia Cepeda, Brazilian actress
Ender Cepeda, (born 1945), Venezuelan painter
Esther J. Cepeda, syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Francisco Cepeda (1532–1602), Spanish-Dominican missionary
Frederich Cepeda (born 1980), Cuban baseball player
Orlando Cepeda (born 1937), Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player
Rafael Cepeda (1910–1996), patriarch of the musical Cepeda family
Wilson Cepeda (born 1980), Colombian road cyclist