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'''''Yoder''''' is a surname that originated from the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. The name dates back to at least 1260, and is a shortened version of the name ''Theodorus''.

==Etymology==

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Theodorus was a 4th-century missionary-monk who crossed the Alps from Italy to establish a Catholic outpost in the [[Valais]] region of southern [[Switzerland]].

Records indicate Theodorus was appointed to be the [[Bishop of Sion|bishop of Octodurum]] in present -day [[Martigny, Switzerland]]. He is known to have participated in the [[council of Aquileia, 381|Council of Aquileia]] in 381, his presence being preserved on the attendance list as "Theodorus Episcopus Octodorensis." Theodorus was also one of the signatories of a letter addressed by the [[Synod of Milan]] to [[Pope Siricius]] early in 390, informing him of their condemnation of the monk [[Jovinian]] and his followers.

==Origin of the surname==

''Joderhuebel'' — German for ''Yoder Hill'' — is a natural fortress on the [[Emme River]] in the Swiss [[Canton of Berne]]. German researcher Karl Joder of [[Ludwigshafen am Rhein]] believes that the Yoder family was established in the region surrounding the hill before recorded history. The oldest known documentation of the Yoder family is a 1260 record of the birth of a Peter Joder in ''Joderhuebel''.

==Diaspora==