What is the cultural origins of the name Milatz?

Question:

What is the cultural origins of the name Milatz?

My family is from Michigan and are either Polish are German, where is this name from and if its from another origin let me know.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: If you go to the Mormon church records at familysearch.org
and input your surname, you will find a list of records
which will lead you to the origin of the name.

Here are a few:

Gross Duebsow, Pommern, Preussen
Roemisch-Katholische, Buechelberg, Pfalz, Bayern
Zechlin Kr, Ruppin, Brandenburg, Preussen
Sankt Elisabeth, Berlin Stadt, Brandenburg, Preussen
Bleckede, Hannover, Preussen
Roemisch-Katholische, Alzey, Rheinhessen, Hessen
Witzen, Tilsit, Ostpreussen, Preussen
Bremen, , Bremen, Germany
Jerusalem, Berlin Stadt, Brandenburg, Preussen
Wittenberge,Helmstedt, , Braunschweig, Germany

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/f...

Next, you will have to consult a 19th c. map of Europe.
Most of the towns listed however, appear to be in present day Germany.

Going down the search page you will find social security records.
It looks like the primary area of settlement for Milatz in the US was Michigan; probably all of your relatives.

There is a Milazt family page at http://milatz.net/
Their homepage states
"Diese Seite wird zur Zeit neu bearbeitet"
(This site is at present again worked on)
which I guess means it's "Under construction"

Departure Ports for Milatz
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact...

as for the meaning of Milatz, I cannot find any information other than this general overview of German surnames:
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/surnam...

The Winner of the 10 July 2005 Mountainbike Marathon in
Bad Goisern Austria, was Moritz Milatz of Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mountain_bi...

Here's a picture of Moritz Milatz at the MTB World Championships, Rotorua, New Zealand, August 22-27, 2006

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/a...