Around the globe, Махато (Mahato 
, Махато 
) is a common largely masculine, but uncommonly female first name. The first name Махато is characteristic of Nepal, where it is quite a common male name, Qatar, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom girly name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Nepal, India, and Saudi Arabia. Much more frequently, Махато is the last name as well as the forename.