What nationality would someone with the surname Fleete be?

Question: What nationality would someone with the surname Fleete be!?
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My 15th great-grandfather, Henry Fleete was English!.

Old English, original spelling - fleot, meaning - stream, creek, estuary!.
Middle English, swift!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Fleete is almost certainly a variant spelling of Fleet!.

Fleet
This interesting name has two possible origins, the first of which is an Anglo - Saxon locational surname from any of the places called 'Fleet' in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent and Lincolnshire!. The places are variously recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Flete', 'Fletes', 'Fleot' and 'Flet', and all mean 'the stream, estuary or creek', derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word 'Fleot'!. In some cases the modern surname may be of topographical origin, denoting residence by a stream or creek!. The second possible origin is from a medival nickname for a fast runner, from the Middle English 'Flete', Fleet, rapid!. Sir John Fleet (deceased 1712) was sheriff of London in 1688 and Lord Mayor in 1692!. He was appointed Governor of the East India company in 1695!.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard de Flet, which was dated circa 1158, in the "Charters relating to the Gilbertine Houses", Lincolnshire, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's very possible it is a miss-spelling of the village/town of FLEET in Hampshire, England!. Miss-spellings were common when the censuses were taken, so it's certainly possible!.

Supposing it is a miss-spelling of FLEET, this is what Ancestry has to say on the surname -

habitational name from one of the places called Fleet, in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, and Lincolnshire, or from Holt Fleet on the Severn river in Worcestershire, all named with Old English fleot ‘stream’ or ‘estuary’!. It may also be a topographic name from the same word used independently!.
nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English flete ‘fleet’, ‘rapid’ (probably from Old English fleotan ‘to float or glide rapidly’, and so ultimately akin to 1)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Anglo-Saxon, so its english/dutch/welsh/ect!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Either English or Dutch, I think,
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