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