How common is the surname Yoder?

56,410 people in the United States had the surname Yoder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,473 Americans. It ranked 598th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Yoder?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Yoder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Yoder?

John Howard Yoder, American theologian and academic (1927–1997), followed by Kevin Yoder.

Where is the surname Yoder most common?

Wikidata records people named Yoder in the United States.

How do you pronounce Yoder?

Yoder is /ˈjoʊdɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Yoder getting more or less common?

More common. 44,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,410 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Yoder

A German surname, carried by 56,410 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈjoʊdɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex Y360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yoder is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

The family name is from German Joder, the name of a clan in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland; which is in turn from the given name Theodor, after St Theodorus, an early Christian religious leader in Switzerland.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 56,410 people named Yoder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,473 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 44,245.

#598

rank among US surnames

56,410

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+27.5%

change since 2000 (was #707)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#589	Bass	57,044	5,412
#590	Greer	57,043	5,413
#591	Summers	56,953	5,421
#592	Houston	56,900	5,426
#593	Carson	56,872	5,429
#594	Morrow	56,840	5,432
#595	Clayton	56,638	5,451

Who is named Yoder

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

98% of people named Yoder identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yoders

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Howard Yoder
American theologian and academic (1927–1997)
Kevin Yoder
American politician, born 1976
Alec Yoder
American artistic gymnast, born 1997

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yoder come from?: The family name is from German Joder, the name of a clan in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland; which is in turn from the given name Theodor, after St Theodorus, an early Christian religious leader in Switzerland.
How common is the surname Yoder?: 56,410 people in the United States had the surname Yoder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,473 Americans. It ranked 598th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yoder?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Yoder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Yoder?: John Howard Yoder, American theologian and academic (1927–1997), followed by Kevin Yoder.
Where is the surname Yoder most common?: Wikidata records people named Yoder in the United States.
How do you pronounce Yoder?: Yoder is /ˈjoʊdɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Yoder getting more or less common?: More common. 44,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,410 in 2010, up 28%.