Yellapragada (Telugu: యల్లాప్రగడ) or Yallapragada is a Telugu surname. Notable people with the surname include: Svetha Yallapragada Rao (born 1986), American singer known professionally as Raja Kumari Yellapragada Subbarow (1895–1948), Indian-American biochemist Yellapragada Sudershan Rao (born 1945), Indian historian