Marcano family name originated in Spain. It was a military family that came to the New World with Christopher Columbus. The Family later grew and spread throughout the Caribbean and South America, where the surname became rooted in the countries of Puerto Rico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

The Marcano Brothers

Marcano is the last name of four brothers that fought in the La Guerra de los Diez Años (aka Ten Years' War

Ten Years' War

The Ten Years' War , also known as the Great War and the War of '68, began on October 10, 1868 when sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed Cuba's independence from Spain...

; 1868–1878). They are originally from Bani

Bani

Gurbani is the term used by Sikhs to refer to any compositions of the Sikh Gurus. Gurbani is composed of two words: 'Gur' meaning 'the Guru's' and 'bani' meaning 'word'....

, Peravia

Peravia

Peravia is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before January 1, 2002 it was included in what is the new San José de Ocoa province, and published statistics and maps generally relate it to the old, larger, Peravia. It is named after the Peravia Valley. Along the Azua Province, Peravia is...

, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

, and settled in Manzanillo, Cuba

Manzanillo, Cuba

Manzanillo is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba.It is a port city in the Granma Province in eastern Cuba on the Gulf of Guacanayabo, near the delta of the Cauto River...

. They are the children of Felix Marcano-Begazo y Guerrero (an attorney and prosecutor in the Supreme Court of Santo Domingo) and Maria de la O Alvarez y Soto-Ladron de Guevara.

• Luis Marcano-Alvarez was born in Bani, Peravia, Dominican Republic, on September 29, 1831 and died March 12, 1870 in Cuba. He was a Captain in Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo
  Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
  
   and an owner of a prosperous sawmill. He was made a General of the Cuban liberation army by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
  Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
  Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo was a Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War...
  
   in 1868 and lead an army of 300 men. In October 1868 he took over he city of Bayamo
  Bayamo
  Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamon River...
  
  . He is treacherously assassinated by Pedro Hall on March 12, 1870. He was married to the sister of Modesto Diaz, Lorenza.

• Francisco Marcano-Alvarez born 1833 in Bani, Peravia, Dominican Republic, and died January 26, 1868 by execution by the Spanish government in Santiago de Cuba
  Santiago de Cuba
  Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
  
  . in the Cuban War of Independence under the command of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and was buried in Jiguani
  Jiguaní
  Jiguaní is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located east of Bayamo, the provincial capital.The municipality is divided into the barrios of Babiney, Baire, Bijagual, La Villa, Los Negros, Maffo, Rihito and Santa Rita....
  
  , Bayamo
  Bayamo
  Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamon River...
  
  , Cuba. He was made a Brigadier General of the Cuban liberation army by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.

• Felix Maria Marcano-Alvarez born 12 September 1841 in Bani, Peravia, Dominican Republic, died on April 17, 1915, and is buried in Jiguani, Bayamo, Cuba. He was a Coronel in the Cuban liberation army. He married Domitila Cruz and had two daughters, Josefa Antonia (who only lived 3 years) and María Mercedes Cristina Marcano-Cruz (1892–1993).

• Gabriel Marcano-Alvarez born in 1840 in Bani, Peravia, Dominican Republic. He fought with the Cuban troops near Havana. He married Elvira Ayala Zayas-Bazan in 1873 in Havana, Cuba and they had six daughters, Maria de las Mercedes, Luisa Maria, Maria de Jesus, Elvira Maria, Virginia Maria, and Mercedes Cristina Marcano-Ayala (who married Alonso del Portillo-del Junco).

There is a street in Bayamo

Bayamo

Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamon River...

, Cuba named Calle Hermanos Marcano.