The Prasad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,638 people carried this name — #4,107 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,100 people counted. That is up 39% from 6,212 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Prasad live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
66 people named Prasad is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Prasad in American newspapers,
1853–1893.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Prasad in Australian newspapers,
1890s–2000s.
382 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Prasad. The most, 91, date from the 1950s. Queensland has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.7 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Prasad.
Who carried it
People named Prasad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 · writer -
Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 · writer
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Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 · writer
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Randhir Prasad d. 1980 · politician
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Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 · writer
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Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Prasad,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States12 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Vishram PrasadBorn 1923 in Village, India. Entered the United States at New York in 1949. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Ram B. PrasadBorn 1919 in Champaran, India. Entered the United States at San Francisco in 1948. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
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Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910 Death record L. R. PrasadDied 1965 in New York State, aged 26.
New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index
Showing 3 of 12 records for Prasad in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Certificate of death, Oregon State Board of Health, 1910, Oregon State Archives (public domain).
Canada6 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Daya Peter PrasadDied 1985; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Ram PrasadDied 1999; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Ravindra PrasadBuried in 1979 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Showing 3 of 6 records for Prasad in Canada.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Australia5 records
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Hargovind PrasadPrinter of St Albans, Victoria; died 1983.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Maxwell Gerard PrasadStation officer of Highett, Victoria; died 2001.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Mabel PrasadRetired school teacher of Croydon, Victoria; died 1994.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Prasad in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prasad.
- Prado 23,436 · U.S. census
- Prados 370 · U.S. census
- Praet 114 · U.S. census
- Prain 148 · U.S. census
- Prak 1,179 · U.S. census
- Prange 2,026 · U.S. census
- Prast 214 · U.S. census
- Prat 313 · U.S. census
- Prata 497 · U.S. census
- Prater 19,484 · U.S. census
- Prather 15,860 · U.S. census
- Prati 219 · U.S. census
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