Surname महात्मा (Mohandas 
, Mahatma 
, महात्मा) , around the world, is a common family name. The last name महात्मा is habitual in Sri Lanka, where it is quite a common surname, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Sri Lanka, and United Arab Emirates. More frequently, महात्मा is the forename as well as the last name.