Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Feese" in English language version.
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German: from Middle High German, Middle Low German vese 'spelt', 'chaff', 'husk'; a nickname for a small person or an indirect occupational name for a cereal farmer or miller.
Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname. Fese, Fehse, Vehse, Feese mittelhochdeutsch vese »Getreidehülse, Spreu«, auch »Spelt, Dinkel«. Herman Vese 1271 bei Durlach. Vergleiche den Müller Johannes Fäsenstaub 1408 Zürich; Heinrich Vesensack 1304 Ulm, H. Veseman 1290; Ulrich Veesenmaier 1394 Konstanz, Bientz der Vesenherr 1354 Riedl.