Persaud

प्रसाद or Persaud or Persad or Prasad or Prasada or Prashad or Persard or Presad or Presaud or Pershard, is a surname of Hindu Indian origin primarily found in South Asia, Suriname, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and other parts of the Caribbean. The surname primarily originated in the Hindi Belt of India, especially in the present-day states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh, and it also originates in the neighboring Terai-Madhesh region of 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, 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 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
• Roxanne Persaud, Indian-African Guyanese American politician
• Shweta Basu Prasad, Indian actress from Jamshedpur, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India