Does anyone know anything about the surname 'yeither'?

Question

i never find anything on that name. a dutchman i met on rhodes said yeither is in the phone book in holland.

Answer 1

It could possibly be an Americanized version of a name beginning with, maybe,

Weith    

Last name origins & meanings:

North German: metonymic occupational name for a grower of wheat, Middle Low German weite.

German: metonymic occupational name for a fisherman who used a particular kind of net, Middle High German weit.

German: topographic name or a metonymic occupational name for a dyer, from Middle High German weit ‘woad’, a plant which yields a blue dye.

Dutch: from Weith, a variant of the personal name Weit.