Carpena, Cárpena or Carpeña is a

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

surname of

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

origin. It is the hispanicised version of the Italian family name

Carpegna Carpegna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro. Carpegna borders the following municipalities: Belforte all'Isauro, Borgo P ...

, brought to Spain by Italian settlers, which is a habitational surname for people from the village of

in the

Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...

region. Notable people with the surname include: *

Homero Cárpena Homero Cárpena (14 February 1910 – 17 January 2001) was an Argentine film actor born in Mar del Plata. He appeared in 72 films between 1933 and 1972 although the bulk of his work was in the late 1930s and 1940s. He starred in '' El hombr ...

(1910–2001), Argentine film actor *

José María Martín Carpena José María Martín Carpena ( Málaga, 1950 - Málaga, 2000) was a politician in the Partido Popular who was killed by ETA on July 15, 2000. Biography He graduated with a degree in business administration, specializing in taxation and tax con ...

(1950–2000), Spanish politician * Nora Cárpena (born 1945), Argentinian actor *

Pepita Carpeña Josefa Carpena-Amat (December 19, 1919 – June 5, 2005), known by the pseudonym Pepita Carpeña, was a militant trade unionist, writer, and Spanish anarchist. Biography Born in Barcelona, Spain, Pepita started working at the age of twelve. At ...

(1919–2005), Spanish anarchist

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{{surname, Carpena Spanish-language surnames Surnames of Italian origin

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