Tafer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Akim Tafer (born 1967), also Hakim Tafer, French boxer of Algerian descent Aziz Tafer (born 1984), French-Algerian football player Yannis Tafer (born 1991), French football player
See also Tafers, municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland