प्रसाद or Persaud or Persad or Prasad or Prasada or Prashad or Persard or Pershard, is a surname of Hindu Indian origin primarily found in India, and Greater India (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka), Suriname, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and other parts of the Caribbean. It primarily came from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, and Rajasthan in India; and Madhesh in Nepal. It may refer to:
A. Sreekar Prasad (b. 1963), an Indian film editor from Madras, India
Ananda Shiv Prasad (b. 1928), an Indian doctor from Buxar, Bihar, India
Anjulie Persaud (b. 1983), an Indo-Guyanese Canadian singer
Avinash Persaud (b. 1966), an Indo-Bajan businessman
Bernadette Indira Persaud (b. 1946), Indo-Guyanese painter
Biman Prasad, Indo-Fijian politician
Bishnodat Persaud (1933-2016), a British Indo-Guyanese economist
Brij Behari Prasad, Indian politician from Bihar, India
Deborah Persaud (b. 1960), an Indo-Guyanese American virologist
Dhammika Prasad (b. 1983), a professional Sri Lankan cricketer from Ragama, Sri Lanka
Ganesh Prasad (1876-1935), an Indian mathematician from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India
Jaishankar Prasad (1890-1937), an Indian novelist, playwright, and poet from Benaras, Uttar Pradesh, India
Jitin Prasada (b. 1973), an Indian politician from Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Jitendra Prasada (1938-2001), an Indian politician from Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Kamla Persad-Bissessar (b. 1952), first women and first Indian women to be the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, she is from Penal, Saint Patrick County, Penal-Debe, Trinidad and Tobago and her grandparents are from Buxar, Bihar, India
Kriskal Persaud (b. 1974), an Indo-Guyanese chess player
Lakshmi Persaud (b. 1939), a British Indo-Trinidadian writer
Lalu Prasad Yadav (b. 1948), an Indian politician from Gopalganj, Bihar, India
L. V. Prasad (1908-1994), an Indian film producer, actor, director, cinematographer and businessman from Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Malur R. Narasimha Prasad (1923-1987), an Indian endocrinologist and scientist at the World Health Organisation
Mark M. Persaud, Canadian Public Figure, lawyer, former prosecutor and adjunct law professor
Mark Persaud (b. 1966), an Indo-Caribbean American businessman and lawyer
Nikhil Persaud, poker player
Nutan Prasad (1945-2011), an Indian film actor
R Prasad (b. 1966), an Indian cartoonist from Pala, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Rajen Prasad, Indo-Fijian politician in New Zealand
Rajendra Persaud (b. 1963), a British Indo-Trinidadian/Indo-Guyanese psychiatrist
Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963), the 1st President of India, he was from Ziradei, Bihar, India
Reepu Daman Persaud, an Indo-Guyanese former agricultural minister of Guyana
Ria Carlo (née Persad), an Indo-Trinidadian American mathematician, classical musician, and model
Sasenarine Persaud, author
Shweta Basu Prasad, Indian actress from Jamshedpur, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Thara Prashad, Indo-Guyanese American singer and model
Winston Persaud, Lutheran pastor, professor of Systematic Theology at Wartburg Theological Seminary
