Marcano is a surname of Spanish origin. The Italian version of this surname is "Marciano". It was a military family that came to the New World with Christopher Columbus. The Family later grew and spread throughout the Caribbean, where the surname became rooted in the countries of Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Venezuela (Margarita Island) and eventually Trinidad & Tobago.

People

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Notable people with the surname include:

References

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  • Diario Las Americas, Los Hermanos Marcano by A.P. Marcano, October 10, 1976 (in Spanish)
  • Historia de Familias Cubanas (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985 ISBN 0-89729-380-0) (in Spanish)
  • Bayamo by Jose Maceo Verdecia pages 193-199 (Havana, Cuba, Unknown date)(in Spanish)