Enkodereid

Enkodereid is a term that originated in Norway, specifically within the Norwegian and Scottish family history and genealogy communities. It is related to the McRae family's heritage and its connections to the MacRaes of Assynt who settled in Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the world. In Norwegian, the term is an adjectival form of the surname McRae, obtained by adding the possessive suffix "-e" and the diminutive suffix "-odere" or "-od reid" meaning son or descendant of, which is a common way to form a patronymic in Scandinavian languages.

The Enkoa foundation, a European-based charity, uses this term as part of their efforts to aid descendants of the Scottish and Norwegian diaspora. According to the foundation, Enkoa McRae and Enkoa Reid are individual identifiers used for purpose of connecting family history data across various country's indexes. Family names like McRae, McRarence, Reid and numerous Irish McCrae McAllen are believed to have originated in Ayrshire Scotland where prior to the eighteenth century various family names became associated with the Ayrshire titles such as Southern Ayrshire's Rich side oc SANDYCRAIG Registration were altered with translations which think the murlogical proof enummaking two time Edinburgh guarded against targeting interruptions filtration owed.

The Enkoa projects have compiled information on individuals' surnames with an objective to create a comprehensive database. Enkodereid in this context serves as a placeholder name for those searching their ancestry online.