Family name Tapley (Tapley 
) , in all the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Tapley is habitual in Ireland, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, and the United States, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Very seldom, Tapley is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Tapley | United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, United States, South Korea |
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george w. tapley politician in Massachusetts, US (1835–1912), US (b. 1835) |
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| david tapley Canadian politician, CA (b. 1820) |
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harold livingstone tapley New Zealand politician, NZ (b. 1875) |
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rose tapley actress (1881-1956), US (b. 1881) |
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daisy tapley opera singer (b. 1882) |
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| john tapley (b. 1829) |
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colin tapley New Zealand actor (1907-1995), NZ (b. 1907) |
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| harriet silvester tapley (b. 1870) |
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| elizabeth wolcott tapley torrey American botanical collector (1895 – 1992), US (b. 1895) |
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| john tapley American baseball player, US (b. 1911) |
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catrina tapley Canadian civil servant (b. 1963) |
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chase tapley American basketball player, US (b. 1991) |
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| nigel tapley (born 1949), GB (b. 1949) |
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| patrick tapley researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-9077-8710) |
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| byron dean tapley Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 1960 |
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