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 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, and Rajasthan in India; and Madhesh in Nepal. It may refer to: