The Top surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 578 people carried this name — #38,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 31% from 442 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Top surname
Borrowed from Dutch and German Top.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Top» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 630 people named Top.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 360 people named Top live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Top live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
27 people named Top is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Top,
with a public archive behind them.
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Refik Osman Top 1897–1957 · association football coach -
Refik Osman Top 1897–1957 · association football coach
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Albert Top 1697–1742
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Aron Mordechai Top 1867–1942
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Chana Top 1870–1944
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Siemen Top 1915–1986 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Top.
- Tonini 419 · U.S. census
- Toniolo 141 · U.S. census
- Tonna 180 · U.S. census
- Tonner 410 · U.S. census
- Tonon 147 · U.S. census
- Tony 1,166 · U.S. census
- Topalian 405 · U.S. census
- Tor 376 · U.S. census
- Toral 1,168 · U.S. census
- Torchio 290 · U.S. census
- Torchon 250 · U.S. census
- Torelli 693 · U.S. census
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