Beese

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• An English or Welsh surname, perhaps a variant of Biss.
• Borrowed from German Beese, from Middle Low German bēse (“reed, bulrush”).

Proper noun

Beese (plural Beeses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beese is the 39052^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Beese is most common among White (93.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beese”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126.