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Persaud is a Hindu surname primarily found in the Caribbean, especially Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. It is derived from the Hindi surname प्रसाद which is predominantly transliterated as Prasad in India. Other variant forms include Persad, Persard, Pershad, Prasada, Prashad, Presad, and Presaud.
The surname primarily originated in the Hindi Belt of India, especially in the present-day states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh; it also originated in the neighboring Terai-Madhesh region of Nepal.[1] Persaud is the most prevalent surname in Guyana with 21,855 [2] Guyanese persons documented to hold the name. It is the 22nd most prevalent name in Suriname.[3] Persad is also the sixteenth most prevalent surname in Trinidad and Tobago and the other variant, Persaud, is the 431st most prevalent surname.[4][5] Persaud is also the number one most popular Hindu surname in the United States, based on data from the 2010 U.S. census.[6]
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