Kalu (name)

Kalu (also Kanu) is a common Igbo surname. It is a contraction of Kamalu (also Kamanu), which is the name for Amadioha, the god of lightning and justice, in the Arochukwu, Bende, and Ohafia regions.

Given name

• Kalu Rinpoche (1905–1989), Tibetan Buddhist

Notable people with this surname

• Ikechukwu Kalu, Nigerian footballer
• Kalu Idika Kalu, Nigerian politician and former minister of finance
• Joshua Kalu, Nigerian-American football player
• Maxwell Kalu, Nigerian footballer
• Nnena Kalu, British-Nigerian artist
• Orji Uzor Kalu, Nigerian politician
• Samuel Kalu, Nigerian footballer
• Nnamdi Kanu, British political activist and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Kalu
• All pages with titles containing Kalu
• Kalu (disambiguation)
• Kallu (name)