The Luo are a Nilotic ethnic group that live in Western Bhar Gazal, South Sudan.

They are part of a larger group of ethno-linguistically related Luo people of East Africa.

[3] Their closest relatives are the Anyuak, and Shilluk.There is no tribe called Jurchol in South Sudan.

[3] The Luo reside in their lands Piluwo or Luwo Land in the Jur River and Wau counties of Western Bahr el Ghazal State and in Aweil Center County of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State.

By some accounts, the Luo are the eighth largest ethnic group in South Sudan.