Top Surname

5,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97,084 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Senegal

Top Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. I dare not hazard a guess at the derivation of this name. Probably Mr. Lower is right in supposing it to be 'at the top,' from residence on some summit of a small hill, corresponding with Bottom, from residence in some hollow.

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Top Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey26,3801:2,950424
Senegal25,3071:57689
South Sudan14,7961:771162
Cambodia11,5041:1,346325
Egypt5,6441:16,2891,908
Netherlands2,1211:7,962972
Iran2,0751:37,0044,365
France1,2461:53,3097,017
Malaysia1,0551:27,9572,447
United States8881:408,17435,568
Morocco6131:56,2429,319
Belgium5561:20,6773,195
Papua New Guinea4541:17,9601,803
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
India3561:2,154,67872,239
South Africa3551:152,61317,281
Germany3041:264,82128,272
Kenya2551:181,09813,605
Guatemala2531:63,5682,457
Indonesia2121:623,81749,296
Brazil2001:1,070,37237,537
Denmark1841:30,6783,179
Canada1741:211,75620,505
England1631:341,82924,929
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Portugal1131:92,1974,545
Thailand1051:672,746112,498
Spain851:550,02426,624
Australia841:321,37727,634
China621:22,053,5741,221
Greece571:194,38230,902
Mauritania551:74,4525,004
Israel511:167,79717,113
Romania471:427,18934,091
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
Guinea341:348,0531,137
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Ireland271:174,4057,679
Italy271:2,265,06392,103
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
Austria201:425,77243,235
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Norway191:270,64728,127
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Kosovo161:116,3675,841
Myanmar161:3,246,124792
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Algeria151:2,575,43744,639
Hungary141:701,16338,752
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Vietnam131:7,126,6202,551
Bulgaria111:634,44625,919
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Burkina Faso91:2,039,12215,494
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Libya91:693,7751,982
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Bosnia and Herzegovina41:884,10015,259
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Laos41:1,647,081888
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Albania31:971,35222,477
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Show All Nations
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2291:219,29618,666

Top (7,730) may also be a first name.

Top Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. I dare not hazard a guess at the derivation of this name. Probably Mr. Lower is right in supposing it to be 'at the top,' from residence on some summit of a small hill, corresponding with Bottom, from residence in some hollow.

Robert Top, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Toppe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1600-7. Henry Topp, Dorset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1612. John Toppe, Wiltshire: ibid.

1580. Baptised — John Tooppe: Reg. Stourton, Wilts.

1639. — David, s. Robert Toope: ibid.

Found also as Top in the same register.

1669. Married — Edward Top and Ann Lavington: St. James, Clerkenwell.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Edward Top admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1486 (NSCM., I, p. 32) is doubtless the Edward Top who was fined in 1497 for "failzeit in the waching of the tone" (CRA., p. 60). Ernest Gillian Topp from Turriff was killed in the first Great War (Turriff).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

An elevated spot is known in some dialects as a top, and is used antithetically to bottom. Residence on such a spot would originate the surname.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From some dwelling at the top of a hill; from Anglo-Saxon top, vertex, fastigium. A comparison of names will show that we have fewer tops than bottoms.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The Dorset family of Topp probably belong to the ancient Wiltshire family of Topp, now extinct, that held the manor of Stockton in Wilts from before the Reformation until the close of last century, when it passed by marriage into the possession of Robert Balch, Esq., of St. Audries, Somerset (Hoare's "Wilts").

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Top Demographics

Average Male Top Height

173.96 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 164 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Top Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Top Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Top (Georgian: თოფ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺏ, Hindi: तोप, Marathi: टोप, Oriya: େଟାପ, Tibetan: སྟོབ་) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Top? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,815th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 75,064 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Top live; 26 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 72,708th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 7,730 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 26,380 people, or 1 in 2,950. In Turkey Top is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Antalya Province, where 6 percent live and Izmir Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey it is found in 130 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 26 percent live and South Sudan, where 15 percent live.

Top Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Top has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Top last name increased 388 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 526 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Top Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Top last name is chiefly Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Top last name are 6.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.49% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Top earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 32.17% more than the national average, earning 457,415 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.72% less than the national average, earning R 226,416 per year; in United States they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning $46,144 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning $53,207 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tope8616,458/
Topp8612,636/
Topf862,713/
Toop862,557/
Tops861,990/
Toip86440/
Thop86177/
Toup8636/
Tuop8615/
Topz8611/
Topš869/
Toph864/
Ttop862/
Todp862/
Topt862/
Tozp861/
Tosp861/
To80488,234/
Toups754,240/
Topps751,278/
Toops75983/
Toupe75818/
Toppe75789/
Toope75512/
Thope75115/
Thoph7548/
Thoip7524/
Tophe7518/
Thopp7517/
Toibp7513/
Todpe755/
Ttope754/
Tozpe754/
Thhop752/
Toipe751/
Topch751/
Tuope751/
Toipp751/
Tojbp751/
Dtopt751/
Toyps751/
Tuops751/
Toupf751/
Tospe751/
Thoup750/
Thoop750/
Topfs750/
Toppf750/
Tuo6779,820/
Toh6754,952/
Tot6750,572/
Too6738,537/
Tap6736,626/
Toy6731,865/
Tho6728,222/
Toi6725,136/
Tou6720,463/
Toj6713,071/
Toa679,141/
Tod673,767/
Toz673,402/
Tos672,877/
Tob672,054/
Tov671,323/
Topova67584/
Toğ67371/
Toš67319/
Toï67280/
Toç67203/
Toî6770/
Thoppe6767/
Tto6738/
Thopps6734/
Táp6723/
Topsch6719/
Hto6718/
Toť6714/
Dto6711/
Tgo679/
Toś679/
Thoupe673/
Topowa672/
Tïo671/
Toá671/
Toş671/
Htophe671/
Tìo671/
Toupps671/
T'O671/
Thosph671/
Thospe671/
Thoope671/
Toopps670/
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Top Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Top in the Georgian language
თოფtop-
Top in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮﺏtwb-
Top in the Oriya language
େଟାପetapa-
Top in the Hindi language
तोपtopa91.27
टोपtopa8.3
टोप्top0.22
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Top in the Marathi language
टोपtopa80
तोपtopa20
Top in the Tibetan language
སྟོབ་tob50
ཀྲོབ་trob50

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