Cognomen Tafel (Tabula 
, Tafel 
, Tafla 
) , globally, is quite a rare surname. The surname Tafel is habitual in Lebanon, where it is quite a rare surname, Croatia, and Philippines. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Philippines, Germany, and the United States. Very seldom, Tafel is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Tabula | Philippines, Poland, United States, Germany, Uganda |
| Tafel | Poland, United States, South Africa, India, Germany |
| Tafla | Lebanon, United States, Sudan, India, Canada |
| Tahvel | United States, Estonia |
| jakob heinrich tafel (b. 1697) |
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| christian friedrich tafel DE (b. 1718) |
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johann friedrich karl leonhard tafel German translator (1800-1880), DE (b. 1800) |
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gottlob tafel German politician (1801-1874), DE (b. 1801) |
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| johann christian tafel (b. 1753) |
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| johann friedrich tafel (b. 1756) |
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gustav tafel Union Army officer, US (b. 1830) |
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hermann tafel German lawyer (1833-1909), DE (b. 1833) |
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| carl christian von tafel (b. 1785) |
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| johann friedrich immanuel tafel German librarian, translator and theologian, DE (b. 1796) |
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| franz tafel politician (1799-1869), DE (b. 1799) |
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| christian friedrich august tafel (b. 1798) |
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julius tafel Swiss chemist and electrochemist, DE (b. 1862) |
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wilhelm tafel (1868-1931), CH (b. 1868) |
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albert tafel German geographer, doctor and explorer (1877-1935), DE (b. 1877) |
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