Topps

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Topps is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lincs; also Leics; Gloucs. variant of Topp with late medieval and postmedieval excrescent -s.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 370K(measured from records)
  • SSSouth Sudan≈1 in 31K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 339K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

898 people, 2010

Sources
176 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)

South Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Lincs; also Leics; Gloucs. variant of Topp with late medieval and postmedieval excrescent -s.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Topps counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Topps is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—8981 in 370K898Topps176
PK Pakistan—≈610 est.≈1 in 381K—Topps1
SS South Sudan#605≈340 est.≈1 in 31K—Topps1
GB United Kingdom—≈190 est.≈1 in 339K242Topps67
PH Philippines—≈93 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Topps1
CA Canada—≈87 est.≈1 in 434K—Topps37
GD Grenada#107———Topps1

898 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Topps is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, indefinite genitive singular of topp

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, genitive singular of Topp

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Topps
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010898#27,002
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020772#32,025
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000770#29,016
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002242#18,859
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Topps mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Lincs; also Leics; Gloucs. variant of Topp with late medieval and postmedieval excrescent -s. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Topps have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 898 people named Topps, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled topps.
How common is the name Topps?
In the United States, the national register counted 898 people named Topps in 2010, about 1 in 370 thousand residents.
How common is Topps compared with other names?
In Grenada, Topps is the 107th most common surname of 3,427 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Topps” — the 107th most common surname in Grenada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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