'''Capano''' is a variant of the more numerous Italian surname Capuano.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=capano |title=Capano Name Meaning |website=ancestry.com |access-date=September 20, 2018 |quote=Southern Italian: variant of Capuano, habitational name for someone from Capua in Campania.}}</ref><ref name="cog">{{cite web |url=http://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/CAPANO |title=Diffusione del cognome Capano |website=cognomix.it |access-date=September 20, 2018 |quote=Ci sono circa 492 famiglie Capano in Italia.|language=it}}</ref><ref name="fb">{{cite web |url=http://forebears.io/surnames/capano |title=Capano Surname Meaning & Statistics |website=forebears.io |access-date=September 20, 2018 |quote=Approximately 4,153 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Italy; Highest density in: Italy.}}</ref><ref name="np">{{cite web |url=https://www.namespedia.com/details/Capano |title=Statistics and meaning of name Capano |website=namespedia.com |access-date=September 20, 2018 |quote=Surname Capano is used at least 1414 times in at least 11 countries.}}</ref> It is most prevalent in the southeastern regions of Calabria and Campania<ref name="cog" /> and is also to be found among the American, Brazilian and Argentinian Italian diaspora.<ref name="fb" /><ref name="np" /> Notable people with the surname include: * Craig Capano (born 1985), American soccer player * Thomas Capano (1949–2011), disbarred American lawyer and former Delaware deputy attorney general ==See also== *Capano Creek, river in Texas ==References== {{Reflist}} {{surname|Capano}} Category:Italian-language surnames Category:Surnames of Italian origin