In Croatia, Tafilaj families are Albanians (from Serbia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Serbia.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Tafilaj live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<5) and Sesvete (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tafilaj is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Tafilaj " is used by some 300 people in Albania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.