Kefilwe
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kefilwe is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa. In Botswana it is the 41st most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: 1 receive.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 10K◐
- BWBotswana1 in 3.6K
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 8.6M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 4.1K ●
- Sources
- 41 ●
in 5 countries
3.6K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
1 receive.
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | — | 3,333 | 3.4K rec. | — | — | Kefilwe | 41 |
| US United States | — | 36 | 34 rec. | — | — | Kefilwe | 15 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 24 | 22 rec. | — | — | Kefilwe | 17 |
| BW Botswana | #41 | 23 | 155 rec. | — | — | Kefilwe | 18 |
| NG Nigeria | — | — | — | — | listed | — | — |
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Languages●
- English2.6K63%
- Swahili60214%
- English (South Africa)3178%
- Southern Sotho752%
- Dutch722%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 2,624 | 63% |
| Swahili | 602 | 14% |
| English (South Africa) | 317 | 8% |
| Southern Sotho | 75 | 2% |
| Dutch | 72 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | The African Book of Names (Hodari, 2003) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Kefilwe?
- Our records include 4,135 bearers of Kefilwe across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Kefilwe have the most bearers?
- Kefilwe is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled kefilwe.
- How common is Kefilwe compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Kefilwe is the 41st most common given name of 293 given names recorded there.
- Is Kefilwe a male or female name?
- Kefilwe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Kefilwe mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1 receive.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kefilwe” — the 41st most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.