Objective  To survey and analysis of cephalometric indicators of Wa adults in China.  Methods  Cephalometric parameters were measured in 1996 cases (858 males and 1138 females) of Wa adults in China, including 927 cases (381 males and 546 females) of the Baraoke ethnic group, 564 cases (241 males and 323 females)of the A Wa ethnic group, and 505 cases (236 males and 269 females) of the Wa ethnic group by using sliding caliper and spreading caliper. Seventeen direct cephalofacial parameters and one indirect parameter for each of the three dialect ethnic groups were derived separately and analyzed for age correlations, inter-sex u-tests,and multiple comparisons. Finally, the three dialect ethnic groups were subjected to cluster analysis and principal component analysis with 15 ethnic groups in China.  Results   Nose breadth, mouth breadth and physiognomic ear length were significantly and positively correlated with age for both sexes in the three Wa dialect ethnic groups, while head breadth and lip height were significantly and negatively correlated with age. Except for the interocular breadth, there were gender differences between males and females in the cephalometric parameters of the three Wa dialect ethnic groups. The cephalofacial features of the Baraoke, A Wa and Wa ethnic groups were different, as evidenced by the fact that males and females of the Baraoke and Wa dialect ethnic group had higher lip height, wider nasal breadth and wider mouth breadth, while males and females of the A Wa ethnic group had lower nasal height.  Conclusion   The cephalofacial features of the three Wa dialect ethnic groups are close to those of the Khmus and Mang, who have their origins in the ancient Baipu people and are also members of the Mon-Khmer language group of the Austroasiatic linguistic.