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In the world, Capitano (Capitano
, Caput
, Căpitan) is quite a rare male given name. The first name Capitano is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, where it is quite a rare male name, Libya, where it is a rare male name, and Tunisia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Italy, and Morocco. More frequently, Capitano is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Capitano | Egypt, Italy, France, Indonesia, United States |
| Caput | Italy, France, Indonesia, United States, Croatia |
Capitano is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Capitano , the operatic character in the opera Die verschenkte Frau; Capitano Drake , character in Tex; Capitano Harold Dobey ; Kapitän Kaminski , the operatic character in the opera Der letzte Walzer and Kapitän Bernier , the operatic character in the opera Ali Pascha von Janina (Lortzing), among other works.