Looking at the 1881 census (via the LDS CD-ROM) the name DAGLESS gives 3,202 of that name or variants listed. The close variants can be broken down by county as follows:
| County | DAGLAS | DAGLASS | DAGLES | DAGLESH | DAGLESS | DAGLISH | DAGLEFS | Total |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 
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