ernal , ▁occup ational ▁or ▁derived ▁from ▁personal ▁tra its . ▁It ▁is ▁estimated ▁that ▁over ▁two ▁third s ▁of ▁all ▁Ser bian ▁s urn ames ▁have ▁the ▁suffix ▁- ić ▁(- и ћ ) ▁( ), ▁a ▁S lav ic ▁dimin utive , ▁originally ▁function ing ▁to ▁create ▁patron ym ics . ▁Thus ▁the ▁surname ▁Pet ro vić ▁means ▁the ▁" son ▁of ▁Pet ar " ▁( from ▁a ▁male ▁pro gen itor , ▁the ▁root ▁is ▁extended ▁with ▁possess ive ▁- ov ▁or ▁- ev ). ▁Due ▁to ▁limited ▁use ▁of ▁international ▁type writ ers ▁and ▁unicode ▁computer ▁encoding , ▁the ▁suffix ▁may ▁be ▁simplified ▁to ▁- ic , ▁histor ically ▁trans cribed ▁with ▁a ▁ph on etic ▁ending , ▁- ich ▁or ▁- itch ▁in ▁foreign ▁languages . ▁Other ▁common ▁surname ▁suffix es ▁found ▁among ▁Ser bian ▁s urn ames ▁are ▁- ov , ▁- ev , ▁- in ▁and ▁- ski ▁( without ▁- ić ) ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁S lav ic ▁possess ive ▁case ▁suffix , ▁thus ▁Nik ola ' s ▁son ▁becomes ▁Nik olin , ▁Pet ar ' s ▁son ▁Pet rov , ▁and ▁J ovan ' s ▁son ▁J ovan ov . ▁ ▁Other , ▁less ▁common ▁suff ices ▁are ▁- al j / ol j / el j , ▁- ija , ▁- ica , ▁- ar / ac / an . ▁The ▁ten ▁most ▁common ▁s urn ames ▁in ▁Ser bia , ▁in ▁order , ▁are ▁J ovan ović , ▁Pet ro vić ,