the last name marcano comes from the country of italian.
where does the last name marcano come from?
of italian
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marcano family name originated in spain. 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 puerto rico, cuba and venezuela (margarita island) and eventually trinidad & tobago.





























section::::the marcano brothers (cuba).





























bullet::::- francisco marcano-alvarez born 1833. he was made a brigadier general of the cuban liberation army by carlos manuel de cespedes.
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during his career, which spanned from 1966 to 1975, marcano won the wba and lineal super featherweight titles. marcano challenged for the wba title on july 29, 1971, against hiroshi kobayashi. the fight took place in japan—the home country of the champion. marcano won the fight with a tenth round technical knockout. after becoming champion, marcano returned to venezuela to make his first defence, against the japanese challenger kenji iwata, marcano once again won with a knockout. it was to be the only defence of his title, as he lost a unanimous decision to ben villaflor in his next fight. after the fight marcano went undefeated until september 1974, when he unsuccessfully challenged bobby chacon for the wbc title—the fight ended in the ninth round with chacon scoring a knockout. in march 1975 he was knocked out again, this time by art hafey, in what was to be his final fight. maracano died in april 2009 at the age of 62.
alfredo marcano