Top Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 3
Dorset 3
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 22
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Top Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Top family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 10
Chemist 1
Farmer 1
Saddler 1
Navy 1
Butcher 1
Brick Maker 1
Labourer 1
Tailor 1
Publican 1
Vellum Binder 1
Female Servant 1
Servant 1
Shepherd 1
Worsted Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Top

Name Census Frequency
John Top 20
Elizabeth Top 19
William Top 19
Mary Top 17
Sarah Top 13
Ann Top 12
Jane Top 11
Thomas Top 11
James Top 10
Ellen Top 9
Henry Top 9
George Top 8
Caroline Top 7
Charles Top 7
Eliza Top 6
Joseph Top 5
Edward Top 4
Maria Top 4
Peter Top 4
Samuel Top 4
Alfred Top 3
Amelia Top 3
Charlotte Top 3
Richard Top 3
Walter Top 3

Top Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Topp 75% 4,628
2 Toop 75% 4,199
3 Tope 75% 1,695
4 Tape 50% 993
5 Toope 60% 393
6 Top 100% 298
7 Teape 40% 193
8 Tap 67% 157
9 Tipe 50% 102

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The surname Top is the 6th most popular variant of Topp.

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