Altaras is a Sephardic Jewish surname. It means 'embroiderer' in Arabic. Notable people with the surname include:
David ben Solomon Altaras, eighteenth-century Italian rabbi Aaron Altaras (born 1995), German actor Adriana Altaras (born 1960), Croatian born German actress, theater director and writer Jakob Altaras (1918–2001), Croatian-German physician and president of the Jewish community Giessen Thea Altaras (1924–2004), Croatian-German architect
See also al-Tarās family