Tafur is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ana Varela Tafur (born 1963), Peruvian poet Gabriela Tafur (born 1995), Colombian lawyer, model, and beauty pageant titleholder Martín Yañéz Tafur, Spanish conquistador Pedro Tafur (c. 1410 – c. 1484), Castilian traveller, historian, and writer Yarol Tafur (2001–2023), Ecuadorian footballer
See also Tafurs, Christian participants of the First Crusade