Surname Māt (Maat 
, Māt) , all over the world, is quite a common cognomen. The surname Māt is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and Malaysia, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Netherlands, Philippines, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Māt is the forename as well as the last name.