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Topol (surname)

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Topol is a surname. Common in Central (Czech Republic, Poland) and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, and Russia), it originated as a place-related name for "someone who lived by a poplar tree".[1] It is also found among Ashkenazic Jewish people speaking Eastern Yiddish and likewise refers to the poplar tree,[1] having been borrowed from a Slavic language (Proto-Slavic *topolь). Related surnames include Topiol, Topolansky, Topoliansky, Topolski (common in Poland), and Topolsky.

Notable people who share this surname include:

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  1. ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Special consultant for Jewish Names: David L. Gold. Oxford University Press. p. 537. ISBN 0-19-211592-8 – via Internet Archive.